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A Quarterly Sparkling Wine Club Selection
Octave Haton founded this 4th generation, family-owned Champagne House in 1920, in the Marne Valley—in the town of Damery—7 km from Epernay.
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Anthill's Pinot Noirs are among the more elegant and restrained in style from California --
• Practicing Biodynamic
• 100% Pinot Noir
• Selection of barrels from Abbey Harris & Leal in the Boonville Ridges, and Baker Ranch & Forste in the Philo Ridges
• Primarily Bearwallow-Wolfey soils, which produce wines with savory, spice influenced flavors and more pronounced tannic structure
• 50% whole-cluster
• 3-Week Native yeast fermentation with daily punch downs
• Aged 12 months in French oak (25% new)
• 25ppm SO2 at bottling
• 13.4% abv
A blend of Trousseau, Gamay, and the elusive Cabernet Pfeffer, this cuvée from the outskirts of Sebastapol is lighter-bodied, aromatic and fruit-forward.
Colby Red is a juicy blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Shiraz (Syrah), Merlot and Petite Sirah made by internationally respected flying winemaker, Daryl Groom, and with a charitable cause to boot.
Daryl's son, Colby, endured back-to-back open heart surgeries prior to his 10th birthday.