Schramsberg Vineyards Reserve, North Coast — 2011 – Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine – 95 Points
95 points
Full-on autolysis steals the stage here with near-nutty tones and toasted bread well ahead of what is now but vestigial fruit. The wine is extremely rich yet is also splendidly balanced, and, while not at all concerned with fruity brightness at this point in its life, it is enlivened by boundless, very fine bubbles. It wears its years with a great deal of grace even if it is beginning to dry just a bit at the edges, and it is a first-rate example of a well-aged curve that is certain to satisfy discerning fans of the style.
Schramsberg Vineyards Reserve, North Coast — 2011 – Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine – 95 Points