Two very good New World offerings

[tomstevenson]

Hi Buck

If you're willing to spend that sort of money on a California fizz, then try Domaine Carneros Le Reve 1995. You won't find any butterscotch, though. If you like butterscotch in your fizz, then that's your taste and that's fine, but in my opinion malolactic in a sparkling wine should be purely used for texture and should never manifest itself as either an aroma or a flavour, particularly one as dominant as butterscotch. Not that I dislike butterscotch - in fact it's my favourite milkshake.

All the best
Tom