2017 WineSmith Sparkling Grenache Blanc De Noirs Brut Zero
White
CA - Santa Clara County - Santa Cruz Mountains
$60.00 / 750 mL Bottle
- Alcohol 12.5%
In the course of walking this vineyard in 2014 to
determine ripeness for our Red Grenache, we discovered a section quite low in color from which we decided to make a rosé. While the initial idea was an early release wine full of strawberries, we reckoned without the austerity which the Santa Cruz Mountains soils impart, so that we ended up with a wine of great richness and depth
but also aromatically quite closed. While waiting for it to open up, the wine also underwent a spontaneous malolactic, causing us to scratch our heads as to its best use. Our intrepid Assistant Winemaker Mike Faulk, in a flash of brilliance, suggested we make a méthode champenoise sparkling wine.