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…
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…
This pours an almost-concerning color that looks like a cranberry cocktail and the bottom of a bottle of pomegranate juice had an unfiltered berry baby; but fear not knights of the domestic sparkler…
