Blue Mountain Reserve Brut R.D. Méthode Traditionelle 2010
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaEqual parts chardy and pinot noir, this spent 6.5 years on lees and was disgorged in August 2017. It rings with red apple, lemon, chalk, pith, orange peel, tangerine blossom, and a tight, skippy acidity. There's a lovely pad of lees to the core, which gently plumps out this wine — drinking well now.Tasted: 22 February 2020Tasted by: Prices: BC 39.90 winery direct, private wine shops
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Producer: Blue Mountain Vineyard & CellarsDistributors: Keystone Fine Wines Rogers & Company Blend: Pinot Noir - Chardonnay - Pinot GrisCSPC: 852129UPC: 626452711105
Blue Mountain Reserve Brut R.D. Méthode Traditionelle 2010
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaThe '10 RD is an equal mix of estate-grown pinot noir and chardonnay. The wine went to glass in the spring of 2011 and remained there some 6.6 years on its lees until it was disgorged in August 2017. The finished brut spent another year in bottle before this release. It is as complex as it gets at Blue Mountain, and it's not too heavy-handed. The attack is desert dry with a nutty lees character on the nose and palate. The acidity dances down the side of your mouth, framing the wine while the lemon, apple, dried apricot and tangerine flavours persist through the finish. It is fun to drink now, but you could easily hold this through 2020. That's a tribute to the winemaking and the fruit available to make this wine.Tasted: 29 October 2018Tasted by: Prices: BC 39.90 winery direct, private wine shops
AB 49.95 winery direct, private retail, restaurants
Producer: Blue Mountain Vineyard & CellarsDistributors: Keystone Fine Wines Rogers & Company Blend: Pinot Noir - Chardonnay - Pinot GrisCSPC: 852129UPC: 626452711105
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