Always a solid wine from Anderson Valley, this NV is built of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir and offers pretty lemony and lemon oil notes atop a bed of fragrant white flowers. Very round and complete with an assertive mousse, just-baked bread, and bruised yellow apple fruit. This bubbly has excellent depth and a terrific mineral finish. Aged a minimum of two years on the yeast, clocking in at 10 g/L. 85,000 9-litre cases produced.

Impressive from first sip, the MV Brut, made from 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir, with 10 to 15% reserve wine, opens in a world of buttered toasty notes, spicy pear, and hazelnut. The oak and fruit shine amidst a backdrop of refreshing acidity speckled in green apple and Meyer lemon. Elegant in style, this medium-bodied Brut has an underlying thread of razor-edged acidity and great length that should keep it fresh and rewarding over the next 8-10 years. Dosage is 10 grams per liter.

Aromas of pie crust with hints of nuts and cooked apple. Some butter cookie. Medium to full body with notes of seashell, cooked apple and lemon rind. Chunky at the end. A base of 2019. A blend of 60% chardonnay and 40% pinot noir. Two years on the lees. 7.5g/L dosage. Drink or hold.

The current release of the lovely non-vintage Brut from Roederer Estate is crafted from its customary cépages of sixty percent chardonnay and forty percent pinot noir. It is from the base year of 2020 and was aged two years on its fine lees, disgorged in March of 2023 and finished with a dosage of ten grams per liter. The wine delivers a refined nose of green apple, sweet quince, bread dough, lovely minerality, dried flowers and a topnote of gentle smokiness. On the palate the wine is vibrant, focused and full-bodied, with a lovely core, excellent soil signature, a superb spine of buried acidity, refined mousse and excellent balance on the long, complex and very precise finish. This is an excellent bottle of sparkling wine.