J. Schram, North Coast – 2003 – 95 points, Best Wines of the Year – Charles Olken – Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine
95 points
“Once again, Schramsberg’s flagship bubbly winds up at the right end of the leaderboard. Its bold, complex blending of toast, caramel, yeast and crème brûlée takes it far beyond the realm of primary fruit, and yet, for all that the wine possesses, it succeeds because it has energetic, briskly focused fruit at its heart. With its creamy mousse of small bubbles and its rich, developed flavors in the mouth, it is a wine to serve with a first course of a fois gras crème caramel or a finely crafted lobster mousse because nothing less decadent will bring out all that is on offer here.”
J. Schram, North Coast – 2003 – 95 points, Best Wines of the Year – Charles Olken – Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine