NV Mumm Napa Champagne & Sparkling Wine "Brut Reserve" (11/09)

Winery: Mumm Napa

Vintage: NV

Wine Name/Vineyard: "Brut Reserve" (11/09)

Wine Category: Champagne & Sparkling Wine

Grape blend: 60% Pinot Noir & 40% Chardonnay

Region: Napa Valley

State or country: CA

Price: $30

Cases produced: unknown

KWG Score: 90.8 (based on 4 reviews)

Ken's Wine Rating: Very Good (87.25)

Review date: November 11, 2009

Wine Review: This very pale yellow colored sparkler with very tiny bubbles opens with a mild honey, nutmeg, and yeast like bouquet. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied and rather tangy with elevated acidity. The flavor profile is racy lime with some green apple and honeydew melon mixed in. The finish is dry and dusty. The panel would pair this sparkler with crab cakes. Enjoy – KWGTP

Winemaker Notes: Elegant, tiny bubbles gently rise to the top of this straw yellow wine with lovely light golden highlights. The ripe fruit flavors that characterize the grapes of the Napa Valley explode in the mouth with rich layers of fresh fig, cherry, vanilla beans and honeysuckle, wrapped in a round and creamy texture and underlined by a crisp acidity and nutty finish. This wine exhibits aromas of white cherry, apricot, melon and biscuit. Wonderfully crafted, this wine stands alone as an aperitif, but pairs beautifully with densely flavored cuisine such as veal, pork, duck and seafood.

Organic status: not organic