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Sokol Blosser Bluebird Cuvée Brut Sparkling

Sokol Blosser Bluebird Cuvée Brut Sparkling 2022

  • Oregon
  • Sparkling・Champagne

¥6,600 (incl. tax)

Our story began in 1971 when our parents, Susan Sokol and Bill Blosser, first planted vines in Oregon’s Dundee Hills. As second generation winegrowers, we are passionately committed to our family’s legacy of creating world-class wines, through sustainable methods, which express our distinctive hillside vineyards.   

— Alex, Alison, & Nik Sokol Blosser

     Siblings and Second Generation Winegrowers

The Story
The label showcases Sokol Blosser’s long-time support of the Prescott Western Bluebird Recovery Project, with an image of a Western Bluebird. For more than 20 years, Sokol Blosser has offered needed shelter and support to preserve a breeding habitat for Western Bluebirds, with 15 bird houses on our organically farmed property.

Details
Country
America
Region
Oregon
Appellation
Willamette Valley
Winery
Sokol Blosser
Vintage(s)
2022
Color
Sparkling・Champagne
Varietal(s)
39% Pinot Noir, 21% Müller-Thurgau, 20% Chardonnay, 16% Riesling, 4% Muscat  
Data
Closure
Natural Cork
Volume
750ml
Alcohol
12.0%
Product Code
2017222
UPC
0-88473-71218-7
Owning & Enjoying
Tasting notes

On the nose, our 2022 Bluebird Cuvée has bright notes of perfumed citrus fruit, with candied lemon peel and orange. The palate is framed by crisp Granny Smith apples and Bosc pears.

Production
Vintage Notes

What started as a dry winter turned into a deluge of rain in the springtime. We had the wettest and coldest April/May/June in recorded (130 years) history. Freezing temperatures on the morning of April 14th and 15th knocked back the fragile new growth, in fact, until crop estimates were done in late August, we thought our crop yields would be down by 50-60%. In over 51 years of growing grapes here in the Dundee Hills we have never seen a freezing event during the growing season, so we had no idea what was going to happen. The primary buds froze and died, but the secondary buds came on, produced fewer but larger clusters, and the vines made a miraculous comeback. The coldest and wettest spring turned into the 2nd warmest and driest summer on record, and then we got to October. Fortunately we got the warmest October in Oregon history, we were able to let the grapes hang, and the rains stayed put until all our Estate fruit was in on Thursday, October 27th. We are thrilled with the wine produced from this vintage!
 

Vinification
  • Fruit was harvested Sept 22 - Oct 2
  • Fermentation in stainless steel tanks with commercial, sparkling focused yeast
  • Champagne method secondary fermentation

  • 12 months en tirage starting April 2023

  • Dosage: 5g/L

Winery
Winery Description

When Sokol Blosser planted their first vines in 1971, there was no wine industry in Oregon. Today, with over 1,100 wineries and 44,487 acres of vineyards, Oregon wines are available throughout the world.  Sokol Blosser is a family-owned and run operation that has been a leader in environmentally friendly viticulture and business practices since the birth of the modern Oregon wine industry.  Sokol Blosser strives to craft wines of world class quality that are produced sustainably, mindful of the environment and your health, and that express the distinctive flavors of their hillside vineyards.  This dedication to world class quality and commitment to the environment constitute Sokol Blossers core values, and are reflected in everything they do from green viticultural practices to recycling all office waste to using unbleached paper for their labels.  Sokol Blosser received the prestigious full USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) organic certification in 2005.