2011 Ultramarine Rosé (Late Disgorged) Heintz Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 94.7 points

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  1/1/2024 - Bakerbd Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Bright strawberry fruit, orange peel, fine bead, long and complex

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  4/13/2023 - Seafoam Manor wrote: 94 Points

  Technically, this is a very well made sparkling wine, with a very fine mousse, proper balance and judicious dosage, but that's probably where the inevitable comparison to Champagne ends and I'm not saying that as a negative. This is boldly fruit forward and comes across as a bowl of fresh strawberries and cream. There are complimentary cherry, citrus and autolytic notes... maybe a touch of mineral notes, but the real strength of this wine lies in sheer power of the fruit. Really delicious and a notable step up in concentration from their standard rosé from different vintages. Not an easy wine to find, but worth the hunt.

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  12/25/2022 - Bruce 1er wrote: 95 Points

  A real delight. Complex and unique flavors with rose petals, red currants, mandarin oranges. One of the best sparklers I've tasted from CA. (Disgorged 12.10.15.)

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  6/10/2021 - R.H. Likes this wine:

  Last bottle. Consistent w prior notes.

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  1/14/2021 - Jahull03 wrote:

  Super-interesting experience. This is very yeasty/toasty... feels much more mature and settled into itself than the typical Ultramarine (most of which are younger than this and get less time on lees).
  
  Has some notes i really value in champagne, but I’m finding that in this wine I probably value the big, pure, electric/acidic fruit over the mature yeasty notes I’m getting. In other words, at least for the roses, the regular-release Ultramarine may be more my style.
  
  Fascinating to try, still a wonderful drink, and not the same conclusion I’ve come to with the late disgorged BDB.

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