Mumm Napa Brut Reserve NV.
The holidays are right around the corner and that means popping corks on bottles of bubbly. With so many options on the market, it’s difficult to decide on what bottles to stock up on.
Mumm Napa Brut Reserve NV is a great option in terms of price point and taste. Established in the late 70s, Mumm Napa follows the winemaking techniques of its French heritage to create its Napa sparkling wines.
I paired this bubbly with coquilles St Jacques and it was a great pairing. The rich sauce and the dry slightly yeasty bubbly worked so well, but this food-friendly wine would be great with a variety of dishes.
Looks: Medium yellow in the glass with tiny, moussy bubbles.
Smell: Toasted bread and nutty aromas with apple notes.
Taste: Ripe apple/pear flavors with some vanilla notes.
Finish: Medium-long complex finish.
Pairings: Fried chicken, grilled fish, seafood.
Style: Sparkling Wine
Grape Type(s): 60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay
Region: Napa Valley, California, USA
Price: $20
This wine was provided to me for sampling and I am adding it to my repertoire as it’s truly enjoyable.
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I hosted a dinner party where I needed to pour some top Canadian wines and since the Norman Hardie Pinots come so highly-rated, I decided to order a few bottles of the 2015, a great year in the Niagara Peninsula.
Brought this lovely Pinot Noir to my favorite gourmet pizzeria in anticipation of having forest mushroom pizza and it was a stellar pairing.
Those of us living in a cold climate are eager to get the rosé uncorked, marking the unofficial start of the Spring-Summer season. I enjoy rosé wines year-around – heavier in the winter and lighter in the summer and below are examples of nice, accessible rosé wines for under $15.
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Summer’s finally here and warm days are among us. While sipping rosé wines during the summer isn’t anything new, what I’m really enjoying is how food-friendly rosés have become. Rosé, French for ‘pink’, describes a genre of refreshing wines, in various hue of pink and that are made using red grapes.
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