{"id":332,"date":"2008-07-16T17:47:40","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T01:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/?p=332"},"modified":"2010-04-26T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T22:36:39","slug":"pinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/16\/pinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparkling pink wine from Napa and Anderson Valleys"},"content":{"rendered":"

This flight shows a nice contrast in approach to the making of pink sparkling in California. The Roederer embraces a high acid framework that is very crisp while the Mumm goes for a softer approach with a more visible hint of RS in the background. Different animals and I like them both.<\/p>\n

Roederer Estate, Anderson Valley, Brut Rose nv <\/strong>The grapes behind this wine are 40% Chardonnay and 60% Pinot Noir. In the final assemblage before the secondary fermentation, there is a small lot of 5% Pinot Noir that saw extended maceration, giving the wine its color. Also included is 10% – 20% oak aged reserves. The wine does not go through malolactic and spends 2 years en tirage. Dosage is 1.2% yet imperceptible with a pH of 3.0. P&B in Philo 12% purchased for $23.49 at Bottle Barn Roederer Estate<\/a><\/p>\n

Mumm Napa, Napa Valley, Blanc de Noirs nv <\/strong>As with the Roederer, the process is methode traditionnelle. P&B in Rutherford 12.5% $14.99 at Bottle Barn and $18.99 at Traverso’s Mumm Napa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This flight shows a nice contrast in approach to the making of pink sparkling in California. The Roederer embraces a high acid framework that is very crisp while the Mumm goes for a softer approach with a more visible hint of RS in the background. Different animals and I like them both. Roederer Estate, Anderson […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,82,26,83,28,76,3,80],"tags":[754,640],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anderson-valley","category-blanc-de-noirs","category-california","category-chardonnay","category-mendocino-county","category-pinot-noir","category-rose","category-sparkling-dry","tag-mumm-napa","tag-roederer-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6028,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions\/6028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}