One bottle of Breathless Wines Brut Rose

Item Number: 222
Time Left: CLOSED
Description
Enjoy this bottle of One 750-mL bottle of Brut Rosé. This is a pick-up only item.
From Breathless Wines: Our Brut Rosé has dramatic color and lovely aromatics. It offers fresh flavors of strawberry with a hint of cream and spice balanced by well-placed acidity. The finish is crisp and clean. 96% Pinot Noir, 3% Pinot Meunier, 1% Chardonnay. Aged 26 months.
DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL - 2018 American Fine Wine Competition
GOLD MEDAL - 2016 Denver International Wine Competition
GOLD MEDAL - 2016 American Fine Wine Competition
GOLD MEDAL & 92 POINTS - Pinot Noir Shootout
GOLD MEDAL & 92 POINTS - Anthony Dias Blue, 2017
Méthode champenoise is a process involving secondary fermentation in the bottle, as opposed to the Charmat method, involving carbonation in the tank rather than the bubbles being born in the bottle. When the process of fermentation takes place, alcohol is created and by product of this chemical reaction is Co2. That Co2 is trapped inside the individual bottle. After aging for many months en tirage, the wine develops gradually finer bubbly effervescence, flavors, and yeasty characteristics.
The longer en tirage, the more yeasty the characteristics will be. After aging, the wine goes through a process called riddling in which the bottles are slowly shifted on a daily basis until the residual yeast, or lees, has settled in the neck. The lees are then frozen and removed in disgorging and a small amount of dosage tops off the wine. The level of dosage determines the sweetness and acidity of the wine. It takes a lot of effort, but also a bit of magic in how sparkling wine is made.
Special Instructions
Pick up information: This is a pick-up only item.
For planning, note that the pick-up days are Wednesday, March 25, 2020 from 2:00-6:00pm and Thursday, March 26, 2020 from 12:00 noon-2:00pm at SunRidge School in Sebastopol, California. All information and details about pick up times and location will be given in the auction closing email.
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