Scharffenberger Brut Excellence, Mendocino, California NV skincontact racked into barrels (no new

racked into barrels (no new oak) and bottled after 12 months

Puligny-Montrachet

Finish: Luxuriously long and smokey

winemaking and maturation are identical to the great Meursault wines of the house

and ultimately respect for the land that has been in their family for over 100 years

Scharffenberger Brut Excellence, Mendocino, California NV skincontact racked into barrels (no new60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir Scharffenberger Brut Excellence is made using the mthode traditionnelle process, whereby the wines are individually bottle fermented before being riddled and disgorged. Most of the base wines undergo malolactic fermentation, which softens and rounds out the blend. The full malolactic style adds a vanilla cream character producing a round and full bodied wine. After approximately two years on the lees, there are notes of