BARONESS RECOMMENDS

Cave Amadeu Brut ($25)

With white flowers and ripe fruit on the nose, this 80 percent Chardonnay and 20 percent Pinot Noir, aged on its lees for 12 months, is crisp with persistent bubbles.

Cave Amadeu Brut Rosé ($25)

Lovely strawberry and raspberry aromas combine with tropical fruit and almond flavors in this 100 percent Pinot Noir with persistent perlage.

Terroir Rosé Nature ($55)

With a 95-point score from Decanter, this 100 percent Pinot Noir, aged 48 months, has light strawberry notes and fine bubbles from long aging.

Cave Geisse Nature ($35)

This exceptional wine has no dosage or additional sugar to mask the pure expression of ripe fruit. Aged for 24 months, it displays delicate flavors and a fine mousse.

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Wanting to make his own méthode Champenoise sparkling, Geisse bought small parcels at high altitude in southern Brazil to grow Champagne grapes—Chardonnay and Pinot Noir—and opened Familia Geisse in the Altos de Pinto Bandeira region. Aiming for the best quality, Geisse insisted everything be done by hand and the grapes be grown organically. He used thermal pest control technology: Wind turbines blow 140-degree air for a split second onto the vineyards, blowing off bugs and stressing the vines, making them more resilient to insects. Three fortunate conditions enabled Geisse to make spectacular sparkling wines. The vineyards are perched at 2,400 feet above sea level, where the cooler temperatures keep fresh acidity in the grapes. The climate allows for full ripening. At harvest, the 40 micro-terroir sites are picked and vinified in separate batches and then blended into the final cuvées. And the site possesses Cretaceous-era soil, which imparts the allimportant minerality, giving the wines complexity and mineral nuance.

On the socially responsible front, the winery is fully solar-powered, and all employees are provided housing and a share of the winery’s profits. With elegant and delicious cuvées receiving eye-popping scores by major critics, Familia Geisse is the only winery from the new DO that is exported to the United States. — Baroness Sheri de Borchgrave

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