Alcohol: 12.3%
Grape(s): Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
Localization: North Coast, California, USA
Tasting Notes: The Mirabelle Rosé has generous aromas of strawberry, lemon-lime, raspberry, and rhubarb. The hints of raspberry, shortbread, and cinnamon delicately join the bursting flavors of red apple, pineapple and orange. The palate is juicy on entry with bright acidity and a long, lingering finish.
Food pairing: The multi-vintage Mirabelle Rosé is delicious on its own, and it also pairs well with everything from grilled salmon, country-fried chicken, BBQ pork ribs, Caprese salad, pokes tuna, classic Hawaiian pizza or simple pasta.
Notes: Blanc de Blancs (white from whites), made from Chardonnay, is the counterpart to the Blanc de Noirs (white from blacks), made from Pinot Noir. Blanc de Blancs was the first wine Schramsberg produced in 1965 and was America’s first commercially produced Chardonnay-based brut sparkling wine. Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs gained international recognition in 1972 when then-President Nixon served the wine at the historic “Toast to Peace” in Beijing, China. The Schramsberg style of Blanc de Blancs is dry and crisp. Small lots of barrel-fermented wines, some of which complete malolactic fermentation, are added to the stainless-steel fermented wines to create added complexity in the blended base wine. After undergoing a second fermentation in the bottle, the wine then ages on its yeast lees for about two years prior to disgorgement. With its vibrant, fruitful, and focused nature, this sparkling wine will maintain its freshness, structure, and refined finish for many years, even decades following its initial release.
Food Pairing: While this wine can be enjoyed by itself as an apéritif, it is also perfect with fresh oysters and other shellfish, crab cakes, ceviche, and grilled sea bass. It is also delicious with lemon chicken and Thai curries. Serve with aged Gouda or other hard cheeses, and as a counterpoint to soft triple creams.
The Domain: Schramsberg sparkling wines are produced from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes grown in a broad array of cool-climate North Coast vineyards located in Napa, Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin counties. The winemakers draw from more than 66 specific vineyard sites, with 121 different blocks, to create over 250 base wines each year. These wines are then artfully blended to create Schramsberg’s 12-14 distinctive sparkling wines each year.
Twenty years into building an outstanding range of vintage-dated sparkling wines, the Davies family set out to master the nonvintage or “multi-vintage” traditional method technique. A few years of experimentation would ultimately lead to the successful launch of Mirabelle Brut and Mirabelle Brut Rose in 1992. The counterpart to our Mirabelle Brut, the Mirabelle Brut Rosé is a specially crafted blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Schramsberg’s select cool-climate vineyards in the Napa-Carneros, Sonoma Coast, Anderson Valley, and Marin County areas of Northern California.
