This alluring sparkling wine makes a great aperitif …but don’t stop there. Pair with grilled fish, seafood Paella, or seafood/chicken/pork in cream sauce.

Established in 2017, Sosie Wines is a relatively newcomer to the Sonoma County wine scene. Owners Scott MacFiggen, and his wife Regina Bustamante traveled to France many times over the years and became enamored with “French Soul” – its wine, cuisine and culture. Inspired by their love of French Soul, they proclaimed their label and name So much so that they proclaimed their label and their name, Sosie(pronounced so-zee),  which is french for “twin” or “spitting image.”

Of course, their appreciation of French wine and culture goes beyond marketing. It manifest itself in their minimal intervention winemaking aesthetic.

“We prefer restraint over ripeness, precision over power, finesse over flamboyance. These are the hallmarks of great wines. Of French wines. The kind found in the Rhone, the Loire, Burgundy and Bordeaux. We craft our wines in their manner. Its influence lives in the way our vineyards are farmed and in the way we treat the fruit in the cellar.” explains their website.

They source fruit from various sites sites across Sonoma and Napa. They are typically among the first to pick from the vineyard because they seek the perfect balance of acidity and ripeness. Their wines are foot-tread, and fermented on ambient (a.k.a. “native”) yeast present on the grapes. They also employ some whole cluster fermentation and believe in the art of blending, be that barrels or grape varieties.

2018 Sosie Roussanne “First Things First” Vivio Vineyard

This sparkling wine is 100% Roussanne from the Vivio Vineyard located in the Bennett Valley AVA in Sonoma County. It was fermented with ambient yeast for the initial fermentation, and allowed to complete malolactic fermentation. After 6 months in neutral oak with inoculated with a yeast strain developed in Champagne for the second, in bottle fermentation. It was bottle aged 14 months thereafter. The dosage is 0.6 g/l which qualifies it as a Brut Nature.

Disclosure: I received this wine as a media sample. I received no compensation for this post, and all opinions presented are my own.

Tasting Note:

The wine is pale golden-yellow color with baked pear, ripe peach, brioche, and honeysuckle aromas. On the palate it’s medium-full-bodied with a moderately creamy mousse, good acidity and pear and peach strudel, honey, and lemon drop and a hint of toasted almond flavors. While there are ample ripe and delicious fruit flavors on the front end, the wine finishes delightfully dry with an appetizing bit of citrus peel tartness. 13.4% abv| SRP – $32|45 cases produced.

This alluring sparkling wine makes a great aperitif (I thoroughly enjoyed while I was grilling), but don’t stop there. Pair with grilled fish, seafood Paella, or seafood/chicken/pork in cream sauce.

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