Schramsberg Vineyards Blanc de Noirs, North Coast — 2016 – Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine – 90 Points
90 points
Incisively yeasty and charged with plenty of spry, mildly citrusy fruit, this comparatively elegant and refined bottling displays the brightness reminiscent of a Blanc de Blancs while quietly possessing a bit of the expected richness of a Blanc de Noirs. Balanced to crispness and buoyed by very well integrated acidity with wonderfully persistent, pin-point bubbles to spare, it fully reflects the Schramsberg Blanc de Noirs norm of being far more concerned with grace and finesse than with full volume, toasty extravagance.
Schramsberg Vineyards Blanc de Noirs, North Coast — 2016 – Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine – 90 Points