2021 Brut Rosé Bubbles

$55.00

Eager energy
Alights with bubble and hum
ebullient

Our 2021 Brut Rose is primarily Pinot Noir (80%) and a little Chardonnay (20%) from the Eola Amity Hills. It's bright and fresh and ebullient with bubbles. 

I've wanted to make sparkling wine for a long time. It began in New Zealand when, as a young aspiring winemaker, I received a test tube in the mail from France (!), containing a delicate smear of yeast. My task? To cultivate a culture of active, energetic cells that would create the bubbles for an entire vintage of a client’s traditional method Champenoise sparkling wines.

The package was well-traveled wrapped in paper and tape, covered in stamps. I was excited and slightly terrified but got to work. I set up cultures and baths, placing yeast growing vessels in every warm corner of the winery—including the electrical room, which was luxuriously toasty. It worked. The yeast thrived, multiplied, and before long, we combined them with base wine, bottled the mixture, and waited.

The result? fermentation and bubbles, transforming the wine into something alive, effervescent, and full of delight. It was a revelation.

This version, a blend of 2021 vintage Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the Eola-Amity Hills, is creamy and dreamy with notes of candied peach and saffron, orange peel, star anise and honeysuckle rose.  On the palate are flavors of macadamia, raspberry creamsicle and sweet tarts.  And the bubbles, they are fresh and festive, bringing joy and a ray of sparkle to every glass.