2018 | Idlewild Flora & Fauna Sparkling | Mendocino Olivier Riviere Full-bodied with tannins that are

Full-bodied with tannins that are so integrated and refined that you don’t feel them

The depth and beauty of this are so enticing and attractive that you want to drink the whole bottle

Cloudy due to presence of residual yeast

fresh lingonberries

94 Pts Wine Enthusiast

2018 | Idlewild Flora & Fauna Sparkling | Mendocino Olivier Riviere Full-bodied with tannins that areIs this my favorite dry sparkling white of all time? Ask me again in five years, but the answer is probably. As you glug, you might notice a moment of flowery aromatics that Muscat notoriously loves to show off (diva.) like orange blossom and nutty jasmine iced tea, but its balanced scarily well with flavors on the other end of the spectrum, a. k. a. this quenching Cosmic Crisp apple y apricot lightness with a twinge of sea salt and gingery citrus.