2020 Skål Sparkling
$65
Collector's & Founder's Club: $48.75
Case Club: $52
Connoisseur's Club: $55.25
Baked apple, bread dough, citrus, and hints of honey and hay. Swirling brings tree fruits, almond paste, strawberry purée, and a floral touch. The mouthfeel is mid-bodied, with creamy texture and beautiful acidity. The mid palate offers a combination of fresh tree fruit and ripe stone fruit flavors, in addition to some herbal and baking spice notes. Very elegant and lively, this Brut-style sparkling cuvée finishes with the perfect amount of bubbles and a fruity and leesy touch. Enjoy now or in the next 6 years to preserve freshness.
This traditional method sparkling wine of 54% Chardonnay and 46% Pinot Noirunderwent a secondary fermentation in bottle, sitting on the lees for an additional two years before disgorgement. No dosage was added prior to final bottling.
Gård Vintners is 100% estate grown sustainably at Lawrence Vineyards, featuring eight distinct vineyard sites in the Royal Slope AVA. With elevations that range 930 feet to 1,675 feet and primarily a south-facing slope, Lawrence Vineyards provides a great framework for grape production, while the diversity of each of the locations delivers a high level of complexity to Gård wines. We also farm vineyards on the Wahluke Slope and Conner Lee in the Columbia Valley. Lawrence Vineyards is certified sustainable by Vinewise.org.
MATÍAS KÚSULAS
Winemaker & Viticulturist
A Chilean with Greek roots, Matías was a Marine officer and Naval Engineer in Chile for more than seven years when he realized that it was time to change the course of his career: In 2005, he started studying Agricultural Engineering at the University of Chile, where he graduated with distinction and a major in Viticulture and Enology. He worked in Chile for a few years and in 2011 he decided to start traveling the world on a quest to learn new wine-making techniques. After several harvests in Oceania, Europe and Africa, he settled down in France, to do his post degrees at the Universities of Bordeaux and Montpellier. He also performed for two years as a Maître de Chai for one of the oldest and most reputable wineries in Condrieu and Côte-Rôtie.
After years of traveling and over 15 harvests, he came to the United States and joined Gård Vintners/Lawrence Vineyards as a Production Winemaker and Viticulturist, and is currently head winemaker for Gård Vintners, Desert Wind Winery, Valo Cellars, and his own label, Massalto. In his spare time he likes to jump out of planes and is a Judo Black Belt.
