Lot 916 | 2021 Sonoma County
Sparkling Rosé
Offers a vintage Champagne-style experience for a fraction of the vintage-Champagne price.
Offers a vintage Champagne-style experience for a fraction of the vintage-Champagne price.
Wine is heavy (and expensive) to ship, so we offer a simple discounted rate: $20 Ground shipping for each case (1-12 bottles) anywhere in the US! (excludes AK and HI)
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From its lemon-gold hue comes a cornucopia of flavors from bright, granny smith apple to a touch of buttered brioche and a hint of honey. Delectably fresh and bracing at first sip, revealing a voluminous, creamy mousse that resolves into succulent bruised apple, pear, and crushed Marcona almonds drizzled in honey and laced with vanilla. The finish is long, driven by aromatic white flowers and a distinct wet river stone minerality culminating with a crisp, saline note. Savor, sip, repeat.
- Vintage
- 2021
- Appellation
- Sonoma County
- Grape
- Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay
- Alcohol by Volume
- 12.5%
- Cases Produced
- 500
- Drink/hold
- Now through 2031
- Release Email
CHW Confidential
Get ready to celebrate because Lot 916 is here to give you plenty of vintage Champagne-style drinking at a fraction of Champagne’s lofty prices. The grapes came from a coveted Sonoma source in this 2021 vintage, but just about everything else about this sparkler screams top-shelf French bubbly. We dare you to pour it blind for your friends and see if they can tell it’s from California—we couldn’t!
Stylistically, Lot 916 takes its cue from the best of Champagne’s vintage sparklers. First, it’s composed of 90% Pinot Noir, 6% Chardonnay, and 4% Pinot Meunier, just like wines from the best sparkling wine houses of northern France. Next, it’s made in the Méthode Champenoise style, with a secondary fermentation taking place in the bottle to capture the biscuit-like, brioche character that marks the best of Champagne. Finally, the dosage delivers a mere six grams per liter of sugar, making it Brut or Extra Brut in style and hence, fresh, energetic, and exceedingly dry with a lovely mineral finish.
Equally as impressive is the winemaking team behind Lot 916, which consists of veterans who are experts in the traditional method of sparkling wine production (having done stints at the likes of J Vineyards and Winery, Balletto Vineyards, Delicato Wines, and Clos du Bois). Their bubbles regularly score 90+ points with top-tier critics, and have taken home Gold and Double Gold medals at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, Sonoma County Harvest Fair, the Press Democrat North Coast Wine Challenge, and the International Women’s Wine Competition.