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This year I thought it would be fun to examine wines that rarely receive much attention: American sparkling wines made in the Champagne style. Roederer Estate, a branch of the Louis Roederer Champagne house, grows all of its grapes in the Anderson Valley of Mendocino County, and carries that appellation.

Champagne house Louis Roederer established this California outpost in 1982, and its tête de cuvée, L’Ermitage, has impressed since its debut with the 1989 vintage. Succeeding founding winemaker Michel Salgues in 2002, Arnaud Weyrich raises the bar with this bottling, the highest-scoring L’Ermitage to date.

Another California sparkling wine estate, Roederer is located in the Anderson Valley. It’s the American winery of Champagne house Roederer. Among the wines…

Roederer Estate in Mendocino’s Anderson Valley, whose winemaker is France-born Arnaud Weyrich, is another house of bubbly that’s known for capturing the essence of Champagne. Roederer Estate Brut Anderson Valley L’Ermitage is among the cadre of consistently outstanding California bubblies, and the 2011 is opulent and lush but elegantly complex, with vivid fresh ginger, cinnamon roll and red berry flavors that unfurl on the long finish.

When you buy a bottle of Champagne, do you buy it because it comes from a certain village? Or do you buy it because you like what the brand offers in terms of the…

If you’ve heard of any Anderson Valley winery, you’ve heard of Roederer Estate. Its fame is deserved: Roederer makes some of the finest sparkling wines in California, and at great prices.

Located in Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley, Roederer Estate is the California outpost of Champagne house Louis Roederer. The organically farmed estate takes…