A Champagne called La Victoire

For Buena Vista, its past is also its future. The oldest winery in California has gone back to its roots and presents its champagne, La Victoire.

In 1859, the winery’s founder, Count Agoston Haraszthy, sent his son Arpad to Champagne to study what was at the time known as the méthode champenoise. Despite some difficulties, in 1861, he produced the first cuvée of sparkling Californian wine in Buena Vista’s cellars.

In 2016, Buena Vista makes a return to the celebrated region to produce a champagne from selected plots located on the Montagne de Reims and on the Côte des Blancs, in the villages of Chouilly and Mesnil-sur-Oger, both classified as grand cru.

As a tribute to this pioneer of bubbly in America who, 155 years ago, brought the champagne touch to sparkling wines from Sonoma, this wine marks a new chapter in Buena Vista’s history: A cuvée composed of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay, with a dosage of 8.7g/l.