Air of Sophistication
Today's wine offering is the 2006 Brut Rosé, not to be confused with Brut by Fabergé, a cologne first launched in 1964.
Whereas the 2006 Brut Rosé is made predominantly from Pinot Noir and is bright, bold, vibrant and quite dry, Brut by Fabergé is made predominately from the sweat of an excessively hairy man and is cheap, acrid, embarrassing and quite off-putting.
The gorgeous color of the 2006 Brut Rosé comes from letting the Pinot Noir sit on the skins. When Brut by Fabergé is allowed to sit on the skin, it inflicts a burning sensation akin to dunking your head in a vat of battery acid.
By nose, the 2006 Brut Rosé evokes strawberries and also lemon by mouth. Brut by Fabergé evokes shame and desperation by every sense.
This particular Brut Rosé vintage is aged four plus years en tirage. Brut by Fabergé is for men aged 60+ with comb overs, and certainly not appropriate for a boy of 10 who is pretty sure he wrote Drakkar Noir on his list, MOM!
Features
2006 Brut Rosé 750ml 2-Pack
The 2006 Brut Rosé is the most exuberant of our Sparklings, both in terms of flavor and color. Made from predominantly Pinot Noir, the 2006 vintage is bright, bold, vibrant and quite dry. The gorgeous color comes from letting the Pinot Noir sit on the skins. This vintage is aged four plus years en tirage. By nose, strawberry! In the mouth, strawberry and lemon tempered by time on the yeast in the bottle. Excellent as an aperitif, though still the perfect wine with steak, grilled lobster, rainbow trout and BBQ.
Specs
- Appellation: Green Valley of Russian River Valley
- Blend: 81% Pinot Noir 19% Chardonnay
- Alcohol: 13.5% v/v
- Acidity: .79 g/100ml
- Residual Sugar: 0.48 g/100ml
- pH: 3.25
- Malolactic Fermentation: None
- Barrels: None
Hand harvested in the chill of early morning, the Pinot Noir grapes are de stemmed into stainless steel tanks where they are cold-soaked (using dry ice) for seven days. A bit of steely Chardonnay is blended to add a firm acid backbone. After pressing the juice slowly ferments in stainless steel tanks at 62° to 65° F retaining the bright fresh Pinot Noir fruit tones. The dosage for the 2006 Brut Rosé is a mere 4 ml of Special Lex (a simple syrup made of 2 ml sugar, 1 ml Chardonnay and 1 ml Pinot Noir)
At Iron Horse "Estate Bottled" means that the winemaking begins in the vineyard. Their location in Green Valley represents the very best soil, climate and aspects for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. What they call "precision winegrowing," all pruning, canopy management, irrigation and cover crop decisions are determined on a block-by-block (and sometimes even vine-by-vine) basis, considering both the vintage at hand and the long-term needs of the land.
Specs
- Appellation: Green Valley of Russian River Valley
- Blend: 81% Pinot Noir 19% Chardonnay
- Alcohol: 13.5% v/v
- Acidity: .79 g/100ml
- Residual Sugar: 0.48 g/100ml
- pH: 3.25
- Malolactic Fermentation: None
- Barrels: None
Hand harvested in the chill of early morning, the Pinot Noir grapes are de stemmed into stainless steel tanks where they are cold-soaked (using dry ice) for seven days. A bit of steely Chardonnay is blended to add a firm acid backbone. After pressing the juice slowly ferments in stainless steel tanks at 62° to 65° F retaining the bright fresh Pinot Noir fruit tones. The dosage for the 2006 Brut Rosé is a mere 4 ml of Special Lex (a simple syrup made of 2 ml sugar, 1 ml Chardonnay and 1 ml Pinot Noir)
At Iron Horse "Estate Bottled" means that the winemaking begins in the vineyard. Their location in Green Valley represents the very best soil, climate and aspects for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. What they call "precision winegrowing," all pruning, canopy management, irrigation and cover crop decisions are determined on a block-by-block (and sometimes even vine-by-vine) basis, considering both the vintage at hand and the long-term needs of the land.
Vendor Details
Iron Horse
- Founded:
- 1979
- Owner:
- Audrey, Barry, Joy and Laurence Sterling
- Location:
- Sebastopol, CA
Iron Horse is one of Sonoma County's most prestigious, small, independent, estate, family owned wineries located in cool, foggy Green Valley. Iron Horse Sparkling Wines have been served at the White House for five consecutive presidential administrations, beginning with the Reagan-Gorbachev Summit Meeting in Geneva on November 20, 1985, which led to the end of the Cold War. Wine & Spirits Magazine has named Iron Horse Sparkling Winery of the Year nine times. From the beginning, Robert Parker has said, "These impressive Sparkling Wines...possess more texture and flavor than just about any sparkler I have tasted from California."
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