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Domaine Ste Michelle NV Cuvee Brut Sparkling (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Best Buy
- $11
The richest and finest of this winery’s series of value bubblies. This Chardonnay-Pinot Noir blend is delicately scented with raspberry, peach, smoke and yeast, and it’s smooth on the palate. So elegant and complex, it’s hard to believe it costs so little.
— S.H.
(12/1/2002)
Domaine Ste Michelle 1998 Luxe Chardonnay (Columbia Valley (WA))
- $23
This is the winery’s first vintage cuvée, and it’s a nice, toasty, creamy wine that has been given extra care from fermentation onward. Some tropical flavors underlie the toast, and it’s very full bodied for an all-chardonnay bubbly. The finish tastes of ripe bananas.
— P.G.
(12/31/2004)
Domaine Ste Michelle 2004 Luxe Sparkling (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Editors' Choice
- Online Exclusive
- $23
Luxe is the high-end offering from Domaine Ste. Michelle, using free-run Chardonnay from a 25-year-old Columbia valley vineyard. It has more refinement, grip and depth than the regular DSM Blanc de Blancs, and mimics the pleasing toastiness associated with top Champagnes. Worthy of a place of honor on your holiday table.
— P.G.
(12/31/2010)
Domaine Ste Michelle NV Extra Dry Sparkling (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Best Buy
- $11
Has the same fruity flavors as Ste. Michelle’s brut, but slightly jagged, angular acids show through, and the finish is a little tart. Needs food, but is a very good wine.
— S.H.
(12/1/2002)
Domaine Ste Michelle 2005 Luxe Sparkling (Columbia Valley (WA))
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- $23
Pure Chardonnay, Luxe is finished at lower alcohol (at least according to the fact sheets) than the other sparklers in this lineup. It is definitely the wine with the most depth; it has a roundly fruity core of lemon cake and light citrus.
— P.G.
(2/1/2012)
Domaine Ste Michelle NV Blanc de Blancs Sparkling (Columbia Valley (WA))
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- Online Exclusive
- $11
The DSM sparklers all come in a fancy package, all are méthode champenoise, all finished with a wire cage and Champagne cork. This is quite yeasty, with a pretty toasted coconut flavor that spices up the fruit. Primarily Chardonnay, it has no perceptible residual sugar.
— P.G.
(12/31/2010)
Domaine Ste Michelle NV Blanc de Noirs Pinot Noir (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Best Buy
- $12
The Blanc de Noirs is the best bottle of the lineup, year in and year out. Creamy and complex, it’s a pretty, pale copper, with Pinot-scented hints of cherry fruit.
— P.G.
(12/31/2004)
Domaine Ste Michelle NV Blanc de Noirs Sparkling (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Best Buy
- Online Exclusive
- $11
Though excessively foamy, once it settles down this wine has a pretty pale copper shade, and a hint of strawberry and cherry in the fruit flavor. It’s dry and delicate, with a clean, persistent finish.
— P.G.
(12/31/2010)
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