Carboniste Brut V20 Brut Sparkling Wine

WINERY NOTES:

COMPOSITION: 86% Pinot Noir, 14% Chardonnay; 76% 2020 vintage, 12% 2019 vintage, 12% 2018 vintage

TASTING: “This represents a step towards creating a non-vintage product representing a house style for components. It is bright and energetic with aromas of stone fruit and lemon giving way to a robust, slightly salty palate with notes of both brioches and white florals. With its added weight from aging in barrel as well as in bottle, this is well-suited to handle richer cuisine. Bottled with 6 grams dosage.”

VINEYARDS: “This wine is assembled from a range of cool-climate vineyards from which we source our Pinot Noir and Chardonnay including the Santa Cruz Mountains, Marin County, and Santa Rita. We consider these to be the best appellations in California for sparkling wine, and we carefully select barrels that help us create this unique sparkling brut.”

WINEMAKING: “(Traditional + Modern) After harvest, grapes were pressed whole cluster and settled for 1-2 days as juice. Clear juice helps to retain the purity and focus of this wine. The juice was fermented in barrel with native yeast at 60-70°F for 3 weeks. The fermentation sediment was kept with the wine in barrel for 11-23 months without the addition of sulfur dioxide and the wine finished malo-lactic fermentation naturally. The wine was bottled with fresh yeast and a small amount of sugar. After 23 months in the bottle, the yeast had consumed the sugar, the sediment was removed, and we added back a small amount of wine and sugar. The bottles were recapped to preserve the natural youth and freshness of the wine.”