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Simpsons Wine Estate Kent White Cliffs Blanc de Blancs 2019
£235.02
Current Price (inc. Tax)
6 bottle(s) at £39.17 per bottle.
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aHD6392819A
Simpsons Wine Estate Kent White Cliffs Blanc de Blancs 2019
- Grapes Chardonnay 100%
- Country UK
- Region Kent
- Abv 12.5 %
- Dry/Sweet value: 1 (1 is dry, 7 is very sweet)
Residual Sugar: 6
Contains Sulphites: Yes
Vegetarian/Vegan: Yes/Yes
Milk/Eggs: No/No
Organic: No
Biodynamic: No - Case size 6 / 75cl
- Classic, vibrant citrus and green apple aromas, balanced with subtle brioche notes and distinctive English minerality and finesse. The frost-reduced crop in 2017 resulted in the vines carrying over pent-up energy into 2018. Combined with the long, warm, and sunny growing season, this led to generous ripe fruit flavours with great intensity and good crop levels, making it a perfect vintage all around.
The estate-grown grapes were hand-picked over two weeks, and the grapes from two different sparkling clones were vinified separately. The grapes were whole bunch pressed and fermented with wild and selected yeasts in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures of 14 to 16°C. The malolactic conversion occurred, and the wines spent three months in stainless steel tanks ageing on light lees. After a series of tastings, the wines were blended, filtered and bottled to undergo the ‘prise de mousse’. Following the bottle fermentation, the wine spent 36 months ageing on the lees.
Classic, vibrant citrus and green apple aromas are balanced with subtle brioche notes and distinctive English minerality and finesse.
| Price | £195.85 |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Bottles Per Case | 6 |
| Bottle Size | 75 |
| 2 cases 10% off | No |
| Winery | Simpsons Wine Estate is situated in the Elham Valley, an unspoilt seam in the North Downs of Kent, where the contours of the land, the climate and the soil are excellent for viticulture. The intensely lime-rich chalk soil forms part of the same chalk ridge that stretches from southern England through the Champagne region. The Guyot-trained vines are planted at a density of 4,200 per hectare with a range of sparkling and Burgundian clones on either Fercal or 41B rootstocks. Yielding 60 hectolitres per hectare, they are grown on south-facing slopes, ensuring heat accumulation during the day and cold air drainage at night. The vineyard is less than eight miles from the coast, providing a crucial maritime influence insulating the fruit against intense temperature variations. Pruning and harvesting occur by hand, and they are signed up for the Wine GB Sustainability Scheme. |
| Keywords | Kent, Cliffs, Blancs, English, Sparkling, Simpsons |
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