Bluebird Cuvée Brut Sparkling Non-Vintage

WINE PROFILE

Freshly baked brioche and melon on the nose, with bright citrus notes of lemon rind, candied lemon, ripe melon, and lime zest on the palate.

 

THE STORY

Since starting into our sparkling program in 2011, we have been growing, learning, improving and striving to continuously elevate the quality of sparkling wine produced by Sokol Blosser and that I know is possible to produce with Willamette Valley fruit. A few years ago I traveled to the champagne region of France to get into the heart of sparkling wine production and look for tools to continue to elevate our sparkling program. It was an enriching experience as a winemaker; one aspect that resonated with me was the use of what they call ‘perpetual reserve’. This component adds a layer of complexity particularly in a youthful base wine and to create consistency in non-vintage cuvée. Utilizing this component in our cuvées will also reinforce the thumbprint of our house style.

 

Perpetual reserve is built overtime, adding a small portion of the current vintage to the maturing reserve blend of previous vintages. In our cellar this component is maturing in a 40hL/1050gallon oak foudre we brought into our facility specifically for this program.

 

The Bluebird Brut cuvée will still have its signature floral and distinct bright fruit elements coming from the Riesling and Müller-Thurgau supported by the structure and minerality backbone of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The cuvée’s mouthfeel of depth and length will be enriched with the addition of our perpetual reserve.

 

- Winemaker Robin Howell

 

NUTRITION FACTS
Ingredients: Grapes, yeast, sugar, potassium polyaspartate, SO2
5 - 5oz servings per bottle
Calories: 108
Carbohydrates: 1.8g
Fat: 0g
Protein: 0g

 

12% ABV