Iron Horse Brut X Sparkling (Green Valley)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Other

Uva

Pinot Noir, Chardonnay

País

United States

Região

Green Valley · Sonoma

Denominação

Green Valley

Corpo

medium

Acidez

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201394 pts

  Extra dry in style, this sparkling blend of 68% Pinot Noir and 32% Chardonnay succeeds dramatically in its ability to be salty as a cracker and crisp as a bite of green apple, followed by a lemon chaser. Tart and lengthy, it has persistent acidity and purity that's hard to resis…

• 201194 pts

  X is for extra dry, and this is, made from 74% Pinot Noir, the remainder Chardonnay. It jumps out of the glass in an explosion of nutty, salty lemon peel, dry as a bone and rewarding in its full embrace of minerality. This sparkler begs for oysters and a skiff out to sea.

• 201094 pts

  Brut X is an extreme brut, made in a bone-dry style from a blend of 31% Chardonnay and 69% Pinot Noir with no added sugar. It's then aged four years. Floral in honeysuckle, the flavors are sharply focused and salty, a mix of lemon, pear and peach that can be enjoyed before, duri…

• 200888 pts

  The blend is Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The Brut X designation refers to the winery's driest sparkler, but the wine retains plenty of sweet, ripe strawberries, raspberries, limes, vanilla and honey. It's very good, but a minor critique is a certain roughness of texture. Drink no…

• 200689 pts

  This is one of Iron Horse's drier wines, with a low dosage, but it's still fairly sweet. There's a coating of sugar on the raspberries, oranges and limes. The bubbles are a bit scoury now, but this Pinot Noir and Chardonnay blend could develop nuances in the cellar after, say, 2…