Ruby Blanca Clements Hills Barbera 2021 Grower Champagne with a splash of Chardonnay

with a splash of Chardonnay and a generous dose of still red wine blended in for color and grip

Taste: A delightful soft honey with a slight salt-edged barley

but if it manages to stay in your glass long enough

Unique grassy

and this newest series from Bollinger explores their love of the grape

Ruby Blanca Clements Hills Barbera 2021 Grower Champagne with a splash of ChardonnayRuby Blanca is named for the winemaker's two grandmothers, Rubelia and Blanca, and this Barbera was the project's debut bottling we were more than a bit impressed. It comes from Clements Hills, the rolling eastern edge of Lodi, and it is made about as simply as wine gets: organically farmed fruit, native yeast, no fining, no filtration. The result is earthy and light enough to chill, which is not what most people expect from California Barbera. The