Our Blanc de Blancs, as its name implies, is made from 100% Chardonnay, and we follow the techniques utilized in Champagne, France (Méthode Champenoise). Picked by hand at night on August 10, 2021, it is 100% whole cluster direct to press.

One of the requirements of Méthode Champenoise is a gentle press cycle. For still wines, we generate ~165 gallons/ton; for our Blanc de Blancs, we extract only 120 gallons/ton. As we press, we taste the juice after each cycle to ensure that the flavors are delicate and fruity.

The juice is settled overnight to let any grape solids (lees) fall to the bottom of the tank. The next morning, we rack the clear juice off the sediment and begin the fermentation with yeast specific for sparkling wine. The juice is fermented in a stainless steel tank at 50° F and is monitored daily. We also ferment in a few one-year-old barrels that we use in our final blend. Barrel fermented wine has a richness and texture that gives the sparkling wine some added complexity.

In February 2022, we made our “cuvée” (our base wine). For this wine, we added six barrels from our barrel fermentation lot to our tank fermented wine. Next, we created our “liqueur de tirage” to initiate the second fermentation and blended it with the cuvée just before bottling.

The complexity and delicate flavors of sparkling wines evolve and develop as the wine ages on its yeast lees. After several tastings, we decided to riddle and disgorge our Blanc de Blancs in July 2024.

Harvest Date: 8/10/2021
18.4° Brix
Bottling Date: 4/27/2022
8.6 g/L TA
Disgorge Date: 7/16/2024
3.10 pH
9.2 g/L RS
Release Date: 11/2/2024
12.1% alcohol