Fred Loimer, Niederösterreich (Austria) Reserve Brut Rosé NV ($28, Vineyard Brands)

This Sekt is a blend of 77% Zweigelt, 16% Pinot Noir and 7% St. Laurent and comes from one of Austria’s most-respected producers. It is both fresh on the palate with a mouth-filling gush of bubbles while still possessing a richness of mature fruit at the finish with almost a taste of brulée. The flavors are of preserved fruits – strawberries and nectarines – with good minerality, all perhaps testimony to the wine’s spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel where it is allowed to age on lees for four months before bottle fermentation begins.
90 Roger Morris