This is Mikey's offering of bubbles from the Bien Nacido Vineyard & Rancho Vinedo Vineyard in Santa Maria Valley. Inspired by the minerally yet toasty Champagnes made from all Chardonnay, this bubbly is a blend of the current vintage 2020 wine and a Solera base begun in 2014. The wine is bottled at the very end of the primary fermentation to capture the natural bubbles in bottle (pet nat, aka ancestrale, method). Toasty and elegant with notes of brioche, oyster shell, and Asian pear. Pop this one for your next celebration!
We love it with… 🥂🍳:cupcakes:
Type: Sparkling
Vintage: NV
Size: 750ml
ABV: 11.8%
Grape: 100% Chardonnay
Region: Santa Maria Valley, California
Vinification: Bien Nacido Vineyard & Rancho Vinedo Vineyard in Santa Maria Valley. The Chardonnay was picked at 18 Brix, then fermented with native yeast in barrel, with no additions. During the primary fermentation, the 2020 wine was blended with our Solera base of Chardonnay from 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, & 2019, then aged together in 500 L barrels. The wine is bottled at the very end of the primary fermentation to capture the natural bubbles in bottle. The wine ages on lees in bottle before being riddled, disgorged, corked and caged, all by hand.
We love it with… 🥂🍳:cupcakes:
Type: Sparkling
Vintage: NV
Size: 750ml
ABV: 11.8%
Grape: 100% Chardonnay
Region: Santa Maria Valley, California
Vinification: Bien Nacido Vineyard & Rancho Vinedo Vineyard in Santa Maria Valley. The Chardonnay was picked at 18 Brix, then fermented with native yeast in barrel, with no additions. During the primary fermentation, the 2020 wine was blended with our Solera base of Chardonnay from 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, & 2019, then aged together in 500 L barrels. The wine is bottled at the very end of the primary fermentation to capture the natural bubbles in bottle. The wine ages on lees in bottle before being riddled, disgorged, corked and caged, all by hand.