Traditional method, Texas-grown Sparkling Wine. Pinot Meunier, Blanc du Bois, Sauvignon Blanc, Rosé, and whatever the vintage brings. Paired with Popcorn, Texas Farmed Oysters and Caviar.
Traditional method means the bubbles are made in the bottle you drink from. It is slower, it is more work, and it is the only way to get this texture.
Stop 01
Pressed whole-cluster
Picked early for acid, pressed gently, fermented dry. The base wine is deliberately austere — it has a second job to do.
Stop 02
Sealed in the bottle
A second fermentation happens under crown cap, then the wine rests on its lees for eighteen months or more. Nothing is added to hurry it.
Stop 03
Disgorged & dispatched
Riddled, frozen, disgorged by hand at Hye, finished ultra brut, and sent out under our own postmark.
The Sparkling Wine Club
R.C. Express
Two dispatches a year, disgorged and addressed to you. Four tastings for you and your guests, invitations to the release celebrations, and an annual rewards credit on what you buy in between.
Hye’s post office has been standing on this stretch of 290 for more than a century. In 1965 Lyndon Johnson swore in his Postmaster General on these steps.