Brendan Baker

9.4

High toned, with white flowers and citrus, almond skin, stone fruit, fine bead ⚡️😍 — 16 days ago

Bryan Kesting

9.3

Really enjoy the Ceritas Chardonnays and Pinots. This did not disappoint. — 6 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2020 vintage. Lean and mean and mineralesque. Light-medium body. Will try to double park a bottle of this and excavate in 7-8 years. Beautiful example of this style. 4.13.23. — 2 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.2

So, so good — 3 years ago

Shay A

9.2

My last of a 3-pack the last few years. I chose this as one of my 2018 Cali BdB sparklers I opened to see how the sparkling wine scene is evolving (also opened was a 2018 Ultramarine Heintz BdB, 2018 Ultramarine Michael Mara BdB and 2018 Brick & Mortar Manchester Ridge BdB).

45 months en tirage, 4 g/l dosage

Clean and pure style. If you love Chablis or leaner champagnes, this is your jam. Grilled lemon, sea spray, hint of and honeysuckle aromatically. On the palate, it is mineral heavy (slate/limestone-esque) with sea salt, lemon scone, oyster shell, all wrapped in a crystalline profile. This is undeniably BdB and presents as a grower champagne type profile. Bright and elegant (showed a bit more classical compared to the other three). — 2 months ago

Ron R

9.4

Another excellent presentation.., — 6 months ago

with Anne-marie

Ron R

9.4

Happy Christmas Delectable peeps.
Much love to one and all from NJ.
So glad I’m on the Ultramarine list. This stuff is plush and very inviting. — 3 years ago

with Benny, James and 1 other

Taylar Hart

9.0

2018 vintage, disgorged 11/21/22. — 2 months ago

Mike Obley

9.3

Starting the downside, but still a pretty wine. With Sarah and Kyle in Haarlem — 3 months ago

Shay A

9.3

I compared this 2016 BdB to the 2017 Haliotide Late Disgorged BdB to get a feel for styles. Followed over two days with no change.

One of the better Ultramarine wines I’ve had, and definitely pre-funk. I feel like the last few vintages have shown a lot of bottle variation and sometimes a green/herbal profile, mostly in the BdN and BdB (never in the rosé, that’s my favorite wine in the portfolio).

The older vintages always had a distinct cream-soda aromatic to them that I loved, and this has it in spades alongside truffle Honeycomb and spiced apple. Oxidative flair but not an overly oxidative sparkler. Great depth and richness here…almonds, lemon cream, caramel-green apple. Wears the low dosage so well. Broad on the palate (in a good way). I’d be fine drinking this without food. Tasty. — 8 months ago