2020 Schramsberg Blanc de Noirs Brut, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE Made primarily from the red grape Pinot Noir, this is a complex, medium bodied, brut sparkling wine. Schramsberg pioneered the Blanc de Noirs style in the United States, producing the first such commercial American sparkler in 1967. The key to producing this Blanc de Noirs is our sourcing of Pinot Noir grapes from a vast and varied selection of cool climate vineyards. Pinot Noir from low yielding Sonoma and Marin coastal vineyards

Every year she buys premium Pinot from the Alloro Vineyard and creates her Cali take on Oregon Pinot Noir

clay and limestone

While sandy granite soils with varying amounts of quartz and clay are the norm in the Sierra de Gredos

Kathryn and Craig Hall are creating an unrivalled destination in the Napa Valley - where winemaking excellence and innovation meets contemporary design to celebrate life and inspire the senses

The soils are quite varied amongst the 5 subzones

established Siena’s Osteria Le Logge (now one of the top restaurants of the city) in 1977

We jumped at the opportunity to have access to this vineyard

It’s a remarkable amount of work considering the challenging nature of the terrain and its inaccessibility to tractors

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The wines are bottled by applying minimum doses of sulphurous

Albillo Criollo

surrendering to the land and lifecycle of the season