Blend
Each year we honor our founding winemaker, Guy Devaux with a special blend to highlight the vintage. 2018 was a vintage that gifted us with both excellent quality and high volumes.
53% Chardonnay
47% Pinot Noir
Style
Brut
Tasting Notes
Toasted bread, brandied cherries, vanilla
Accolades
92 Points
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
About This Wine
Each year we honor our founding winemaker, Guy Devaux with a special blend to highlight the vintage. We have only one rule: the base blend must be 50% Pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay. From there, it’s carte blanche for the winemaking team to select the very best vineyard lots that promise a balance between elegance, power, and age-ability.
Blend – 53% Chardonnay; 47% Pinot Noir
Residual Sugar (Dosage) – 7.7 g/L (0.77%)
Style – Brut
Alcohol – 12.5%
TA – 7.3 g/L
pH – 3.08
Time en Tirage – 66 months
Aging Potential – 10-15 year
Profile
This complex wine has rich aromas of toasted bread, brandied cherries, vanilla, red apple, baking spice, and orange marmalade. The vibrant mousse leads to a creamy mid-palate with notes of toasted bread and roasted nuts, carrying into a long, powerful finish.
Occasions & Pairings
This wine is my go-to for New Year’s Eve. What better way to celebrate the potential of a new year than with a tribute to the best from a previous year?
What Our Winemaker Says
“2017 was a warmer vintage, allowing for development of beautiful, ripe flavors in the grapes. These characters carried into the wine, which shows big fruit and toast and should age nicely for years to come.”
–Tami Lotz
BETTER WITH BUBBLES
Shrimp Scampi
The fresh flavors of shrimp are wonderfully complemented by the rich structure and lovely spice accents of DVX Brut sparkling wine.
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