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Wiston Library Collection Blanc de Blancs 2010
£769.24
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6 bottle(s) at £128.21 per bottle.
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Wiston Library Collection Blanc de Blancs 2010
- Country UK
- Region South Downs
- Grape Chardonnay
- Abv 12%
- Case 6/75
- Layers of honey, truffle, lemon zest and Danish pastry, with hallmark acidity on the palate. Exceptional balance, intensity, and complexity with a very long finish. The Wiston Estate Library Collection represents a series of limited-edition releases from the Wiston cellars celebrating the wines’ ability to age. Since the release of their first Cuvée from the 2008 vintage, they have held back small parcels from the best vintages to mature further and develop. This series of unique wines shows the potential for quality and age-ability that English Sparkling Wine can achieve. The first release is the Blanc de Blancs 2010.
The grapes were pressed in a traditional, gentle Coquard basket press – used in the Champagne region - to preserve the juice's delicate fruit flavours and aromas. They are
pressed as whole bunches. Fermentation & maturation process: 50% of the grapes were fermented in stainless steel tanks and 50% in a mixture of 3, 4 and 5-year-old barrels with
selected yeasts. Barrels are used to promote a gentle micro-oxygenation process, refining the mouthfeel and structure of the wine; there is no oak flavour imparted to the wine due to the age of the barrels. The wine is rested on its lees for several months until springtime, bringing additional complexity to the structure.
| Price | £641.03 |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Vintage | 2010 |
| Bottles Per Case | 6 |
| Bottle Size | 75 |
| 2 cases 10% off | No |
| Winery | The grapes for this wine came from the steepest slopes of Findon Park Vineyard at the eastern end of the plot. They have the shallowest topsoil and the highest concentration of chalk in the soils. The 2010 growing season was exceptional. Conditions were perfect for flowering, resulting in an excellent fruit set. The growing season was long, allowing for excellent ripeness of fruit, which, thanks to very low disease pressure, came into the winery in a healthy and clean condition. We picked the fruit from the middle to the end of October. Due to the ideal ripeness of the fruit, malolactic fermentation was blocked, leaving the wine with natural malic ‘energy’. This brought verve and focus to the final blend, giving the wine fantastic ageing potential. The wine did not need to be cold, stabilised, filtered or fined; it settled naturally before yeast and sugar were added (liqueur de tirage) for the secondary fermentation in the bottle. Bottling took place in July 2011 and disgorged in November 2018, giving the wine 7.5 years on lees and more than 3 years on cork. |
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