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$17.98
WINE SPECTATOR 88 POINTS - "There has to be quite a bit of reserve wine in this blend as it shows a toasty complexity and an ethereal texture that one Read More...
just doesn’t expect to find in this modest price range. This sparkler was just rated as a top value by the Wine Spectator but we would add a least three points to their 88 Point Score. Remarkable stuff!"
$99.98
Winemaker's Notes - The Schramsberg Reserve is our top Pinot Noir-based sparkling wine. Representing 3% of our annual production, this richly-flavored and full bodied sparkler Read More...
is made from only the finest base wine lots each year. Six years old upon release, this fruitful, creamy bubbly will age gracefully for ten or more years to come. "The Reserve is a Blanc de Noirs, a white wine gently crafted from red grapes. Hand picking, early harvesting, and light pressing are critical. Small amounts of select Chardonnay are included
in the blend to lend some additional backbone and length to the palete.
$29.95
A crémant even skeptics can enjoy, this is lush and rich, yet crisp and balanced, with toasty brioche and lemon tart aromas lead to full-bodied, layered flavors of crème brûlée and spice. Read More...
Drink now. 1,300 cases madeWine Spectator 89
$39.98
We introduced Bernard Tornay’s nifty multi-vintage Carte d’Or Champagne last fall. That Champagne made a great introduction the luxuriant Tornay style and was an excellent value at Read More...
just thirty-six dollars. Remarkably for a few more dollars more, we are now able to offer Tornay’s stellar 2002 Millesime which is considerably grander, more profound Champagne. It’s a 50/50 blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the Grand Cru villages of Bouzy and Ambonnay. Initially fermented in stainless steel with full malolatic, this cuvée was bottled in early 2003 and was patiently aged sur lattes for eight years in the family’s cellar. The result is sumptuous Champagne whose brassy-yellow hue works nicely as a backdrop to show off its fine strands of gentle bubbles. The well-developed bouquet displays nuances that run the gamut from baked apples and white chocolate to brioche and brown spices. Its broad, silky palate presents ripe golden apple, Bartlett pear and sage honey flavors juxtaposed over a taut undercarriage of chalk-flecked acidity. Here, then, is a full-framed, but well-poised Champagne that offers a wealth to ponder and savor and one that gets our vote for the best Champagne value from the esteemed 2002 vintage. Drink now and over the next several years.
$35.98
This Bouzy-based grower producer is one of our niftiest Montagne de Reims discoveries we have found in some time. The origin of the Tornay family’s involvement in Champagne viticulture Read More...
goes back to the early 1600s. Bernard Tornay became the successor to the house through his marriage to Simone Barnaut. Soon after their marriage the couple made a trip to Napa Valley and became inspired to create a state of the art underground cellar on some land they owned outside of the village. The new Tournay cellar is quite small (total annual production is less than 10,000 cases), yet it features 40 stainless steel vats in which the family keeps its reserve wines, segregated by vintage, parcel and varietal. These vessels are vital in giving this house its remarkably diverse blending palate. As a result, this Brut is an intricate and seriously compelling blend of five vintages dominated by the firm’s Pinot Noir holdings in Bouzy. This Gold Label serves up well-evolved aromas of hazelnuts, fresh baked biscuits and poached strawberries. Creamy and refined in texture, it offers up layers of honey wheat toast, macerated cherry and lemon meringue flavors that fade with impressive reluctance. Underneath the creaminess there is the requisite tanginess to trigger one’s desire for another sip. There is no question that this Tornay cuvée really over delivers at its price point while managing the deft trick of being at once powerful and swanky.
$44.98
Since the mid-fifties the Fournay family has made its own Champagne featuring grapes drawn exclusively from
their home, the Premier Cru village of Vertus. Today Charles-Henry Read More...
their home, the Premier Cru village of Vertus. Today Charles-Henry Read More...
and Emmanuel Fournay assiduously farm
16 acres of vines employing organic methods when ever possible. The “R” designation here stands as a tribute to
the brother’s father, Roger Fournay, who loved to blend Chardonnay with a touch of Pinot Noir. This Champagne
is sourced primarily from Les Barillées, an old-vines vineyard situated mid-slope on the northern side of Vertus in
the cru’s coeur de terroir. Cuvée R is vinified entirely in small oak casks (with partial malolactic), bottled and then
“rested” on its lees for four years prior to disgorgement. Despite its bone dry dosage, this Champagne is not at
all austere but pleases the palate with kaboodles of exotic guava and stone fruit essences that mesh perfectly with
the vanilla/ginger notes imparted by the oak. Underpinning everything is a smoky/stony minerality that fans out
and drives its long running back palate. This is handcrafted, multifaceted Champagne that offers tremendous flavor
excitement for the money.
16 acres of vines employing organic methods when ever possible. The “R” designation here stands as a tribute to
the brother’s father, Roger Fournay, who loved to blend Chardonnay with a touch of Pinot Noir. This Champagne
is sourced primarily from Les Barillées, an old-vines vineyard situated mid-slope on the northern side of Vertus in
the cru’s coeur de terroir. Cuvée R is vinified entirely in small oak casks (with partial malolactic), bottled and then
“rested” on its lees for four years prior to disgorgement. Despite its bone dry dosage, this Champagne is not at
all austere but pleases the palate with kaboodles of exotic guava and stone fruit essences that mesh perfectly with
the vanilla/ginger notes imparted by the oak. Underpinning everything is a smoky/stony minerality that fans out
and drives its long running back palate. This is handcrafted, multifaceted Champagne that offers tremendous flavor
excitement for the money.
$8.59
Almond-infused sparkling wine from Temecula.
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