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2014 Blanc de Blancs Charles Heintz Vineyard

Wine Details
Producer

Ultramarine

Place of Origin

United States

Sonoma Coast

Sonoma

Color

Sparkling White

Grape/Blend

Chardonnay

Vintages
2019201820152014201320122011
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Drinking Window

2024 - 2029

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Michael Cruse crafts some of the most compelling and distinctive sparkling wines in California, and beyond, for that matter. Cruse draws on a handful of top sites for wines that reveal new facets of those vineyards, while also exalting their specific signatures. It’s a fabulous interplay that engages both the intellectual and hedonistic senses. Minimal handling and low dosage at bottling are among the choices that inform these wines. The biggest challenge here is that production is minuscule.

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Michael Cruse continues to set the bar for what fine sparkling wine can be in California. Cruse is just a few years into Ultramarine. Given his extraordinary passion and commitment to quality, I am pretty sure these wines are just going to get better and better in the coming years. The 2014s are all well worth considering.