Paula Kornell California Brut
#69 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2025
#5 Wine Enthusiast Top 100 of 2020
This perfect introduction to Paula Kornell’s sparkling wines has all the elegance, refinement, and freshness that one would expect from the best bubbles. Its racy acidity makes the wine lively and refreshing, while the small amount of residual sugar gives the wine weight and depth alongside the aromas of lemon pith, fresh peaches, just-ripe apricots, toast, acacia, and honeysuckle.
Blend: 80% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Noir
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Wine Spectator: 90
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Sleek and lively, with pretty apple, strawberry and spiced nut flavors that linger on the bright finish. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
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Wine Enthusiast: 94
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This inaugural release is stunning and incredibly impressive—a wine well worth stocking up on for the price and quality. A beautiful jasmine aroma leads to marzipan, peach and cherry flavors as lively acidity envelopes the palate. It’s a blend of 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir.
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James Suckling: 90
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A fresh, fruity bubbly with crisp apple and white peach flavors on a lively texture of fine bubbles. Just a hint of sweetness to round out the appetizing clean fruit character.
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Tasting Panel: 92
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This sunny Champagne-method blend of 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir is effervescent in more than just than literal sense of the word. Scents of mashed apple, white cherry, yellow peach, and grilled lemon plus a smidgen of blanched almond influence the suave mouthfeel, lifted by a note of orange peel.
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