Willamette Valley

Medium

Cork

White

Score range: 95-96. A richly complex sparkling wine with wonderfully toasty, nutty notes recalling crushed hazelnuts, culminating in a creamy palate and ultra-fine beading that carries through the long, mineral-scented finish marked by dark sea salt and smoky flint. Crafted by winemaker James Frey from three Chardonnay blocks at Trisaetum Winery’s Ribbon Ridge estate, the 2015 Extended Tirage Ribbon Ridge Blanc de Blancs was fermented entirely in neutral oak casks sourced from Maison Louis Jadot’s winery in Beaune. Tirage bottling took place on a snowy February day in 2016 before the wine was placed in Trisaetum’s subterranean cave for ageing. After nearly 10 years en tirage, the wine was disgorged in the summer of 2025 with no dosage. Trisaetum’s vineyards are dry-farmed, rarely tilled, hand-harvested, and fermented with native yeasts. Founded in 2003, James Frey produces single-vineyard Pinot Noir, Riesling, and sparkling wines each vintage. In 2020, he founded the Brixeur Spirits distillery. Beyond his work in wine, Frey is also an internationally recognised artist whose paintings are held in collections across the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Canada, and Brazil. A limited special auction lot bottling for the 2026 Willamette Valley Wine Auction.

Chardonnay

Trisaetum, Extended Tirage Ribbon Ridge, Willamette Valley, Ribbon Ridge, Oregon, USA, 2015

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Score range: 95-96. A richly complex sparkling wine with wonderfully toasty, nutty notes recalling crushed hazelnuts, culminatin

Trisaetum, Extended Tirage Ribbon Ridge, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA, 2015

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