2018 | Idlewild Flora & Fauna Sparkling | Mendocino La Moussiere framed by ripe

framed by ripe

dark spices

black tea and toast

including blackcurrant pastilles

which quickly turns to ripe peach and apricot flavors

2018 | Idlewild Flora & Fauna Sparkling | Mendocino La Moussiere framed by ripeIs this my favorite dry sparkling white of all time? Ask me again in five years, but the answer is probably. As you glug, you might notice a moment of flowery aromatics that Muscat notoriously loves to show off (diva.) like orange blossom and nutty jasmine iced tea, but its balanced scarily well with flavors on the other end of the spectrum, a. k. a. this quenching Cosmic Crisp apple y apricot lightness with a twinge of sea salt and gingery citrus.