BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
Pale, golden color with apple and floral aromas. This elegant wine displays a cordon of fine, delicate bubbles.

COLOR:
Pale, golden straw

SERVING SUGGESTIONS:
Perfect as an aperitif, fresh fruit, nuts, shellfish, poultry, Cavier, Camembert or Brie.

FULL DESCRIPTION:
Golden apple aromas with delicate
notes of dough and toastiness. An elegant wine full of floral scents;
orange blossom and ripe apples and pear. This wine displays a fine
effervescence with beautifully festive and lively bubbles ascending up
into a lovely cordon of foam.

PRODUCTION NOTES

WINEMAKER: Gilles Martin

GRAPE SOURCE: 100% Estate Grown – 92 % Chardonnay; 8% Pinot Noir

HARVESTED: September, 2001

YIELD: 3 tons/acre

BRIX: 19

FERMENTATION: 65 degrees F with selected yeast

AGING: 4 years on tirage

ALCOHOL: 12.5%

RESIDUAL SUGAR: < 8 g/liter

FINAL PRESSURE: 6.5 bars

CASE PRODUCTION: 400

BOTTLED: Tirage (bottling): May 2002

DISGORGING: May and September, 2006

RELEASE: November 2006

SUGG. PRICE: $17.99 (750ml)