Made from 55% Chardonnay and 45% Pinot Noir, the NV Rose is lovely in color and style, tasting of richly rewarding berry fruit and shortbread cookie. Rounded, creamy, and approachable in style, it will please a wide range of palates and stay fresh in the bottle for 5-8 years. Dosage is 8.5 grams per liter.

Winemaker Jeffrey Jinda uses a solera-like system of fractional blending to make the NV Brut Excellence, typically adding 12 percent of reserve wine to his non-vintage blends, this one a combination of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir. A portion of the reserve wine is used again in the dosage after disgorgement. Given 24 months on the lees, it shows an impressive depth of texture and balanced richness, with lovely notes of creme caramel and brioche. It should age well over the next 5-8 years. Dosage is 8.5 grams per liter.

The new release of Scharffenberger’s non-vintage Brut Rosé is crafted from a cépages of fifty-five percent chardonnay and forty-five percent pinot noir, with five percent of the pinot being still red wine to produce the cuvée’s delicate salmon color. The wine’s nose is bright and complex, wafting from the glass in a mix of strawberries, quince, rye bread, a lovely base of soil, dried flowers and a lovely, delicate savory topnote. On the palate the wine is crisp, full-bodied, focused and well-balanced, with frothy mousse, a good spine of acidity and fine balance on the long and complex finish. Good juice. 2025-2040.

The current release of the Scharffenberger non-vintage “Brut Excellence” is from the base year of 2021 and was composed from its customary cépages of sixty percent chardonnay and forty percent pinot noir. It offers up a bright and classy bouquet of apple, nectarine, dried flowers, bread dough, a lovely base of soil and a nice topnote of smokiness. On the palate the wine is crisp, fullbodied, focused and complex, with a lovely core of fruit, good mineral undertow, frothy mousse and a long, crisp and very nicely balanced finish. This is really quite stylish. 2025-2040.

There is a richness to this wine, with creamy lemon and almond pastry cream. Tart, piquant notes of sea spray brine and white pepper. Known as the Black Label, it's a late disgorged wine; the base comes from 2015 but was disgorged in 2018. It is a rich and powerful wine with a touch of milk chocolate. Creamy and sweet.