Ultramarine Blanc de Noirs (Late Disgorged) Charles Heintz Vineyard
Tasted 31 May 2022
Sonoma County · Sonoma Coast
Pours a translucent salmon color, with an orange rind hue that shimmers through the effervescence. On the palate, the bubbles are slightly aggressive at first, giving way to a succulently sweet front end that speaks to…
Yellow and white pear dominant, with lemon, malt, and frothy white mineral elements making for a rather ripe and hefty performance, but one in which balance and seamlessness is properly maintained. A…
This is a much meatier and advanced version than what I’ve experienced from the 2018 Rose. In fairness to the producer, it was an auction bottle (with a disgorgement date a week later than the ones I…
Though the lemon and apple flavors are sound and controlled, they are laced with a sourness in this vintage that never fully shakes off during the entirety of consumption. I don’t mind it, but I…
