Ultramarine Blanc de Blancs Keefer Ranch Sonoma Coast
Tasted 6 January 2024
Sonoma County · Sonoma Coast Flawed bottle
Not so sure I'm too stoked on the track record here with some of these sparklers. This one opened up with extremely aggressive bubbles (and yes, it has been resting on its side and treated with kid gloves since coming…
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…
