2017 North Coast Brut Cuvee Sparkling Wine

Inspired by the great grower Champagnes, this wine is made in the traditional méthode champenoise entirely in-house at Patz & Hall from grape pressing, tirage bottling, aging, riddling, and disgorging. Using fruit from three excellent vineyards, it combines 53% Clone #76 Chardonnay from the acclaimed Gap’s Crown Vineyard, 32% Chardonnay from the oldest vines at Dutton Ranch-Mill Station Vineyard (planted in the late 1970’s), and 15% from Green Valley Vineyard owned by the Sanchietti family. All three sites are in extremely cool locations, producing classic sparkling wine chemistry of very low pH and high acid. The 2017 vintage produced superb fruit for this world-class sparkling wine.   

100% first pressing with no press wine

Bottled en tirage on June 14, 2018

Disgorged date:  March 28, 2023

Months en tirage:  57 months (4.8 years)

Dosage: 5.0 grams/per liter

Type:

Sparkling

Varietal:

Sparkling

Region:

California

Appellation:

North Coast

Vintage:

2017

Blend:

100% Chardonnay-whole cluster pressed using traditional Champagne methods

Aging:

95% aged in Stainless Steel to retain freshness and purity; 5% aged in 600L neutral barrels; aged sur-lies for 9 months before bottling

Fermentation:

0% Malo-Lactic fermentation to retain acidity and freshness