Simpsons’ Q Class Pinot Noir will only be produced in remarkable years, in order to showcase the Simpsons’ hallmark of quality, luxury and finesse. Limited to 1000 bottles. The Q Class wines are named after the Q Class engines which traversed the Canterbury to Folkestone light railway in the late 19th and early 20th Century.
In the glass, it has an evocative bouquet of English hedgerow, from woodland bramble to delicate violet, rose and hints of cocoa, with warm earthiness, supple tannins, and notes of wild raspberry leading to a generous finish.
The Simpsons’ vineyards occupy glorious positions on the sunny, sheltered slopes of the North Downs of Kent, protected from the whimsy of the English climate by ancient woodland and anchored in the iconic chalky soils so highly revered in the world of both still and sparkling wine. On their French wine estate, the award-winning Domaine Sainte Rose in the Languedoc region, the Simpsons have always pursued the cleaner, truer flavours of the grape, and are now bringing this savoir-faire to their English vineyards. With rootstock meticulously matched to the soil and a new world-class winery just minutes from the vines, quality is the watchword.