Scharffenberger Brut Excellence, Mendocino, California NV skincontact Finish: Luxuriously long and smokey

Finish: Luxuriously long and smokey

The château dates to the 13th century and today covers 140 hectares

most of his work is done in the vineyard

racked into barrels (no new oak) and bottled after 12 months

Scharffenberger Brut Excellence, Mendocino, California NV skincontact Finish: Luxuriously long and smokey60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir Scharffenberger Brut Excellence is made using the mthode traditionnelle process, whereby the wines are individually bottle fermented before being riddled and disgorged. Most of the base wines undergo malolactic fermentation, which softens and rounds out the blend. The full malolactic style adds a vanilla cream character producing a round and full bodied wine. After approximately two years on the lees, there are notes of