LVVR Sparkling Cellars
Winemaker Eric Donaldson owns the only winery in Lodi that employs the painstaking, laborious process called methode champenoise (or traditional method used to make champagne). In this process, the second fermentation takes place in the bottle, leading to elegant expressions noted for long-lasting, fine bubbles.
Note: Several Lodi wineries take their still wine to outside wineries that also employ methode champenoise.
Donaldson sources some of Lodi’s best growers for his label, and several clients have commissioned the Ohio native with MacGyver-like resourcefulness and ingenuity to make their bubbly.
The
2017 LVVR Cellars Alan Ranch Pinot Noir Reserve ($49) was bottled after primary fermentation and aged 20 months on its spent yeast cells in tirage and finished with no additions of wine or residual sugar. The pinot s floral notes stand out on the nose.
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LVVR Sparkling Cellars
Winemaker Eric Donaldson owns the only winery in Lodi that employs the painstaking, laborious process called methode champenoise (or traditional method used to make champagne). In this process, the second fermentation takes place in the bottle, leading to elegant expressions noted for long-lasting, fine bubbles. Note: Several Lodi wineries take their still wine to outside wineries that also employ methode champenoise.