Our simple yet unique premise is to make California sparkling wines based on an individual vineyard in an individual year. Inspired in part by the grower Champagne movement, we aim to prove that California can produce unique, delicious and terroir-driven...
PRIMA Notes: We’ve been buying the sumptuous, delicious Arnot-Roberts California Rose for over a decade now and it never fails to please. And, like the first robin we spy on the lawn each year, the arrival of their Rose is an early...
Pale sunshine yellow color and slight frizzante, this Moscato d'Asti has intense aromas of peaches, rose petals and ginger. On the palate, it is delicately sweet and sparkling with balanced acidity, good complexity and a finish of fresh apricots...
The Zero Dosage is produced with grapes from the terraced vineyards of Montorfano, adjacent to the winery's headquarters, and others vineyards. The ancient and ferrous lands of the Montorfano characterize this wine...
Light peach in color with pink accents, the nose shows Charentais melon, watermelon rind, and sour-fruit candy, with faint notes of chalk and sea-air in the background. In the mouth, good purity and orderliness of flavor, with tangy orange citrus, more...
2018 Deltetto Alta Langa Brut PN-CH Millesimato DOCG 3LITER
Like all of the sparklers at Deltetto, the Alta Langa Brut is made in the traditional ‘Metodo Classico’ (the same as the French Champagne Method) with a secondary fermentation...
Importer's Notes: The robe is golden for this champagne, adorned by fine and delicate bubbles. The nose is strong, dominated by hints of small black berries, and unravels its complexity bit by bit with black chocolate and silex rock aromas, topped...
It was Antonio Deltetto’s passion for Champagne that changed the fortunes of the winery he took over from his father in 1980. He had the idea he could make good sparkling right there from his own vineyards in the Roero, an idea most of his...
Like all of the sparklers at Deltetto, the Alta Langa Brut is made in the traditional ‘Metodo Classico’ (the same as the French Champagne Method) with a secondary fermentation in the bottle and extended time on the lees. The house...
It was Antonio Deltetto’s passion for Champagne that changed the fortunes of the winery he took over from his father in 1980. He had the idea he could make good sparkling right there from his own vineyards in the Roero, an idea most of his...
A vintage-dated, ageworthy sparkling wine made primarily from estate-grown, green certified Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes. This very focused and elegant wine displays lovely notes of lime blossom, pears, and summer herbs with a hint of light...
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Ben Ryé offers an extraordinary rich bouquet with outstanding aromas obtained from the dried grapes: apricots and candied orange peel. It presents delicate hints of Mediterranean scrub (maquis). The palate is very fresh and intense,...
It was during a visit to Schramsberg Winery many years ago when I first heard the phrase, “The bigger the bubbles, the bigger the problems.” At the time, I didn’t care about bubbles, I was just looking for great sparkling...
Importer's Notes: Produced from equal parts of these varietals, the fruit for this wine comes from Chidaine’s estate-grown, bio-dynamically farmed vineyards located just north of the Cher river between the villages of Montrichard &...
James Suckling 97 Points: This is a powerful and dense sparkling wine that is first and foremost a classic-quality wine. And then you think about the bubbles. Full-bodied with lots of brioche, pie crust and bread dough. Great finish. Five years on...
PRIMA Notes: The Baldi Pain Extra Brut is a blend of 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay, aged in oak casks and finished with a very low dosage in order to let the fruit express its grandeur. Sourced from vines planted in 1965 and now farmed...
Winery Notes: Our cuvée Sélection is the subtle marriage of several harvests of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grape varieties, from terroirs of Verzy and Sillery both classified Grand Cru. Fresh and balanced, this Champagne reveals...
This is a lovely, exceedingly dry, and extremely nuanced bottle of pink bubbles. We were very pleased with its lifted aromatics. It reminded me of a gorgeous dry Provencal Rose with fine bubbles.
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As they sometimes say in the wine biz- you buy the first bottle for the label, but you buy the case because of the wine. Such might have been the situation when I first saw this really provocatively...
Importer's Notes - A wine that is both aromatic and silky, lively and fresh! This very accessible white is an excellent introduction to the Peyrassol style. With its elegant fruitiness, its light style, it is thirst-quenching and accompanies all the good...
Importer's Notes: A unique sparkling rosé from Savoie. Made using the 'methode ancestrale' with whole grape fermentation and indigenous yeasts. Strong aromatic expression of red fruits. Fresh, lively and festive. Off-dry.
Vinous 90 Points: Billiot's NV Brut Rosé Grand Cru is powerful and tightly wound, with a great interplay of tension and Ambonnay power. Cranberry, chalk, white pepper and mint are some of the signatures, but it is the wine's persistence and...
Winery Notes: A special vinification practice led to the use of this term: the must remains in contact with the skins for about 10 hours and this practice gives the wine a beautiful rosè hue. Our Ramato boasts a rich, complex bouquet of...
PRIMA Notes: An absolutely delightful dry pink wine that screams ‘spring is here’ at the top of its lungs! Sourced from eight different top Pinot Noir vineyards ranging from Occidental to the Petaluma Gap- vineyards like...
Winery Notes: The winemaking tradition of the Russo family has been handed down from father to son until today. Towards the end of the 1800s the great-great-grandfather Vincenzo Russo dedicated himself, together with the family, to the cultivation...
Tasting Notes: The style is vinous without excess, expressive on notes of baked apples and fresh cocoa. The balance is very controlled between freshness and gluttony. We love this fine bitterness that completes this picture. Citrus fruits bring a...
Tasting Notes: Straw gold colouring. Its delicate aromas of fern are combined with blossom, straw and dried fruit. The mouth is delicate, fresh and vivacious, with a very long ending.Champagne surprising by its freshness and the finesse...
Tasting Notes: Pale gold color with rose tints. Nose is elegant with aromas of yeast, almonds and flowers. Strong initial attack with an aromatic flavor. Fairly opulent, with nice balance and length.
Importer's Notes: The Vilmart NV Grande Reserve represents a blend of relatively young vines of Chardonnay with around 70% Pinot Noir. Displays a surprising degree of lees autolysis in the nose, joined by smoky and chalky nuances that come out more...
The base wine is a 10-year old Barolo Riserva, which gives the Chinato an unsually soft-textured, generous personality. All of the typical notes of sweet herbs, cinnamon, cardamom, flowers, anise and baking spices are layered into a sweet, expansive...
This is a pre-arrival item. ETA February 2021. Doyard-Mahe— is a family wine farm of 6 hectares (approx.15 acres) located in Vertus, a Premier Cru village in the Côte des Blancs. Currently managed by Jean Carole Doyard, a fourth...
A very elegant cuveé. Pale, brilliant color. Fine and persistant mousse. On the nose there are vanilla and flower aromas with a present hint of Pinot Meunier. Full bodied and one can easily identify fruit aromas...
PRIMA Notes: Here is Jacques' non-vintage Brut Tradition, the best wine with which to get to know Jacques. A blend of 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay, he ages it on its lees for over three years and finishes it with a light dosage of 6g/liter...
The Champagnes of Maison Billecart-Salmon are created thanks to the knowledge of the men who rigorously cultivate an estate of 100 hectares, obtaining grapes from an area totaling 300 hectares across 40 crus of the Champagne region.
2008 Billecart...
Winemaker's Note:The color is a brilliant, light straw yellow with nuances of green, while the mousse features a myriad of minute and persistent beads. The bouquet of wildflowers is suitably intense, fresh and elegant and emanates an extremely agreeable...
Winemaker Notes: Composition: 15% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir, 55% Pinot Meunier
Decanter: 90 Points: Elegant and attractive apple and pineapple aromas, fresh red fruit with a gorgeous creamy mouse and a lemon meringue fizz.