From our 7-acre, organically farmed, meter x meter Estate vineyard, comes our first vintage of Methode Champenoise sparkling wine. Tons of acidity, and great texture and depth from almost 3 years aging on the lees.
From the SF Chronicle - “It’s about expressing distinctiveness and site-specificity: the terroir imperative”
And fellow Berserker Blake Brown was “very impressed” after his visit (thanks again Blake!)
We’re offering a 2 bottle sampler, 30% off, we’ll cover the shipping - one each of our Estate Grown, Anderson Valley 2012 Blanc de (Pinot) Gris, and 2012 Blanc de Noir.
Total is $72.10 with Free Shipping. To order, visit the website and put the “Berskerker Bundle” into your cart. The URL:
Hi Jonathan, we planted our vineyard in 2008 and initially made a small amount of still Pinot Noir, in 2011. We overharvested those barrels in 2012, did some blending trials, and liked how they tasted together with some barrels of the '12s. So, we blended a 6 barrel blend of 4 x 2012 and 2 x 2011 wines, intended for the first iteration of our Solera method wine. Instead of bottling all of that, however, we went back down with 2 barrels of the Solera v1 blend, and aged it an additional year. The Solera v2 saw us take 6 barrels of 2013 Pinot, and blend it with the 2 reserved Solera v1 barrels. Same thing again, bottled most of the Solera v2, but went back down to barrel with 2. We reserved it, blended it with 6 barrels 2014 Pinot for Solera v3…
We like the balance of a touch of nutty, mushroomy character of the reserved wines, countered with the vibrancy of the current vintage wines.
Small winery here, can’t copy what the big boys are doing and expect to compete with them. We think outside the box, and try to be creative with all aspects of the business - vinegrowing (meter x meter, hillside), winemaking, packaging, etc
I was planning on being good and I held out all day. First purchase of Berserker Day VII right here for me. Always happy to have bubbles around and excited to try your offer.
David, thank you for giving in to the noir side. Blanc de noir that is.
Ok that was terrible.
Seriously though, David, with all of these incredible wineries to choose from today we are humbled to have been your first choice. We’re offering wines from our first vintage, and have a lot to learn from just about everybody else selling wine here today…but we think we’re on the right track and are excited for you to try the wines! Cheers!