| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | England |
| Colour | White |
| Type | Sparkling |
12% ABV. 61% Chardonnay, 34% Pinot Noir and 5% Pinot Meunier with fruit coming from the oldest plot on this, 1 acre in the Diddy Field, planted in 2004. At 160m, it’s the highest point of the estate, making it quite marginal in the UK climate, although it is south facing. 3% fermented in barrel, the rest in stainless steel. This was disgorged in 2021 with zero dosage. Made in a slightly oxidative style this has a lovely nose of ripe apple, pear and lemon with subtle toasty notes. On the palate it shows well integrated acidity and notes of almond and brioche as well as herb-tinted lemon and pear fruit. Nice complexity here: well balanced and delicious, if a little ambitiously priced compared to some of its peers.
This seems to spring out the glass offering blossoms and apples and kumquats – an expressive wine zipped up by energetic little bubbles. Rounded without being rich. Remarkable peachy ripeness of fruit. There is so much fruit here! Fleshy and juicy despite the lance of acidity and pin bones of grilled-nut smoky savouriness.
