Sparkling Wine 'Perpetual Reserve'

Score

96

"It has a gorgeous nose of toasted bread, white flowers, toasted notes, and more stone fruits. This carries to a medium-bodied wine that has a layered, elegant mouthfeel, fine bubbles, plenty of mid-palate depth, and a great finish. Compared to the other releases in the lineup, it's a more medium-bodied, chiseled, focused, mineral-driven cuvée. I'd give bottles a year or two, then enjoy over the following decade. This is legit."

Score

94

"A multi-vintage cuvée based on the 2020 vintage (approximately 50% of the blend), with reserve wines from 2018 and 2019, Westborn's NV Perpetual Reserve NV.01—a blend of 50% Chardonnay, 42% Pinot Noir and 8% Pinot Meunier—spent 37 months en tirage. There's a rich, slightly oxidative nose, marked by scents of toast, struck match, button mushroom and cave-aged Gruyère. It's complex, savory and nearly dry, with a dosage of just four grams per liter. Medium-bodied, with a fine bead and a long finish, this (and its sibling vintage-dated wines) are welcome additions to the California sparkling wine scene."

Score

93

"The NV.01 Brut Perpetual Reserve is fabulous. Bright and creamy, with terrific energy, the Perpetual Reserve bristles with tension. This edition consists of 50% 2020 and 50% perpetual reserve. Lemon confit, marzipan, white flowers and baked apple tart are all nicely delineated. The NV.01 was fermented 60% in stainless and 40% in oak. Dosage is 4 grams per liter."