This is an old review I wrote for another site
I do always enjoy a nice sparkling wine, and Brut tends to be my go to for when I’m in the mood. And thankfully there are a lot of great East Coast Bruts to choose from, and for my purposes today I bought a lovely one from Barboursville Vineyard (one of my favourite vineyards in the area). So to the review, as with any sparkling wine you get the always enjoyable pop when you open up a bottle of this. On the nose you get some really lovely aromas of fruit, primarily pear. But you also get an interesting hint of bread, thanks to the secondary fermentation no doubt. Once you move to the taste you come right back to that nice pear flavour and this time it seems to be accompanied by a bit of apple as well. There also might be a bit of citrus in this wine, though that may just be coming from the acidity. Overall this is a really nice, easy drinking brut with some great bubbles to it (and who doesn’t like bubbles). For food pairings, I have eaten this with some nice chicken and vegetables in the past and it went quite well. I think that this would also go equally as well with a wide variety of sea foods, Barboursville suggests mussels. So if you are a fan of Bruts, Blanc de Blanc or really any variety of sparkling wines and Champagnes I think you will enjoy this wine. Plus the price point isn’t too high so go on and give it a try.
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