PLEASE THE PALATE: WINE OF THE WEEK: PAULA KORNELL 2020 NAPA VALLEY BLANC DE NOIRS
The Humane Society International, the world’s largest animal protection organization, is celebrated every November 22nd on Humane Society Day. So in honor of the Humane Society, I opened a bottle of sparkling wine with a few of my doggy friends. But it was not any bottle of sparkling wine, but rather a bottle from a wine producer who loves animals and supports local animal welfare organizations in Napa. So Cheers! to saving animals from cruelty cases and Cheers! to Paula Kornell and the newly released 2020 Blanc de Noirs, the Please The Palate wine of the week.
Paula Kornell Sparkling Wines
The Paula Kornell Sparkling California Brut made its debut in 2017 and soon earned the #5 spot in Wine Enthusiast’s Top Wines of 2020. Made predominantly from Chardonnay with a percentage of Pinot Noir, the grapes that go into the wine are certified sustainable.
Pair it with my Napa Valley Blanc de Noirs from Mitsuko’s Vineyard, a blend of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay, awarded 90 points recently from wine critic Lisa Perrotti-Brown in The Wine Independent, who said, "the palate has impressive vivacity with fine, frothy bubbles."