BXT 'Bell Summe Vineyard' Blanc de Noir, Sparkling Rosé, Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California 2024

BXT (Bubbles by Tom) is a meticulously crafted micro-production sparkling wine project based in Napa's Crusher District. Winemaker Tom Sherwood, who holds a Bachelor of Science in Viticulture and Oenology from the University of Adelaide and currently serves as head winemaker at Rocca Family Vineyards, creates grower Champagne-inspired sparklings with his wife Brittany (longtime winemaker at Heitz Cellars). With production limited to fewer than 50 cases per cuvée, BXT embodies an artisanal, hands-on philosophy: each bottle is hand-riddled, hand-disgorged, and individually numbered. The Manley Vineyard bottling represents Tom's grower-producer philosophy at its purest—he personally hand-farms this tiny one-acre parcel just outside downtown Sonoma, which serves as home base for BXT.

• WINEMAKER: Tom Sherwood (proprietor/winemaker)
• FARMING: Certified Organic, hand-farmed by BXT since 2020
• VARIETY: 100% Pinot Noir
• TERROIR: Bell Summe Vineyard is located in the heart or the Russian River Valley. Hillside and organically farmed a section of the vineyard is planted to Swan clone Pinot Noir on the rootstock 420A.
• VINIFICATION: 20% of the blend undergoes a short carbonic
  fermentation for 8-10 days, and the balance of the fruit is whole cluster pressed and fermented in barrel. These components are then assembled in the spring of 2025 without fining or filtration. The wine undergoes secondary fermentation in bottle to achieve 5 atm. 
• AGING: After 12 months on lees in the bottle the wine was hand riddled and disgorged with zero dosage.
• TASTING NOTES: Fresh and expressive, this wines carries a hefty dose of umami to complement the red berried and rich minerality. 
• FOOD PAIRINGS: Deviled eggs, heirloom tomatoes, tandoori salmon.
• 680 bottles produced