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"Always buy a case from Gruet for the New Year. Drinks like a sparkling wine/champagne priced higher. Always have a bottle in the fridge for something special. Great “house” wine. Not quite as dry as some but for many this strikes a great middle road for those who say I don’t like “champagne”"
"This is a great find!"
"I have been drinking this "champagne" for years - ever since I saw a segment on TV about it and the vintner from France who searched the USA to find just the right clime to produce a wine like the fine champagnes of France. They chose correctly as far as I'm concerned. Who would think wine from New Mexico could rival the French? Every time I find some place that sells it they stop selling it after awhile and I have to look anew for another place. Hopefully Empire Wines will keep this for a long time."
"Love, love love this Blanc de Noirs! Gruet makes consistent, clean, refreshing, solid sparkling wines at a great price point."
"The bubbles leap from the glass as they lusciously envelop the mouth, expanding in a delicious texture of raspberries and cream. Rivaled by few, one of the best domestic sparkling wines I've had the pleasure of tasting. Exquisitely crafted from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, it is pale peach in color, floral in aroma, with a dry and rich body. Under $15.00, this bottle is full of quality and pride as this great american bubbly surpasses many worldwide."
"My house sparkling wine is Roederer Estate Brut NV which I recently bought from Empire Wine and which I will serve during Thanksgiving dinner 2016. I was hoping to find something for late in the day, when the guests are inevitably schnockered, in order to save a few bucks. This ain't it. The Wine Spectator score of 90 was for the 2011 issue of the Gruet NV, and although the taste profile is similar for the 2016 issue, I find distinct demerits: 1. It is short of acid which keeps it 2-dimensional instead of mouth-filling. 2. The initial taste is not clean but has a haze of "skunk". 3.The after-taste has a nasty, unpleasant edge. The best score I can offer is an 86 on the Wine Spectator scale. After tasting, I poured the rest of the bottle down the drain. I would be embarrassed to serve this even to schnockered guests."
Great for the price
"Taste just as good as. some of the expensive champagnes"