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• Champagne & Sparkling Wine, English & Welsh Sparkling Wine, Sparkling

  2018 ‘Ex Machina’ Sparkling Rosé, Sugrue South Downs

  £5500

  Sugrue South Downs is the personal project of celebrated English sparkling winemaker Dermot Sugrue.  His highly acclaimed and multi-award-winning sparkling wine ‘The Trouble with Dreams’ is stuff of legend and we think the best sparkling wine in the UK.

  This his Sugrues very first rosé, a wine named “Rosé ex Machina” because of its serendipitous conception: 2016 was so fine in quality yet so meagre in quantity that Dermot had decided to make just one wine, putting all of his fruit into the prestige “Cuvée Dr Brendan O’Regan”. Then, just as the harvest was coming to an end and in Dermot’s own words, “the God’s intervened” and he was offered some outstanding fruit from the beautiful Jenkyn Place Vineyard in Hampshire.   From these grapes “Rosé ex Machina” was born.

  Just 4,500 bottles and 200 magnums were produced.

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• Champagne & Sparkling Wine, English & Welsh Sparkling Wine, Sparkling

  MV ‘#Zodo’, Sugrue

  £5995

  Made without additional dosage ‘#Zodo’ is a sublime expression of English sparkling wine. Aromas of Granny Smith apple and crushed stone lead to a beautifully balanced palate with vibrant acidity, fine weight and a twist of lemon on the finish.

  This wine has been produced from Multiple Vintages, (MV). The fruit comes predominantly from the 2014 vintage, but also contains reserve wines from the 2009 and 2011 vintages.

  80% of the grapes came from the exceptional Mount Harry Vineyard near Lewes, in East Sussex, which sits at 70 metres above sea-level. 20% of the fruit is sourced from the Storrington Priory Vineyard, located at 50 metres above sea-level. Both of the vineyards are located in Sussex, above the 50th parallel and are influenced by a cool coastal climate. Planted in 2006, the vineyards have east and south-easterly aspects encouraging the maximum exposure to the sun, assisting ripening in this capricious climate. The Storrington Priory vineyard consists of greensand soils which impart rounder, fruit profile in the resulting wine. The Mount Harry vineyard is made up of clay loam over pure chalk soils, without flint, which provide superior drainage for the vines, as well as imparting great elegance and finesse to the wines.

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• Champagne & Sparkling Wine, English & Welsh Sparkling Wine

  2011 Blanc de Blanc, Ridgeview

  £6500

  Ridgeview’s beautiful vineyard and winery is nestled at the foot of the South Downs in the village of Ditchling.  They are in an ideal location, set within the picturesque South Downs National Park, famous for its chalky Champagnesque soils.

  This 2011 Blanc de Blanc is made from 100% Chardonnay from Ridgeviews home block Chardonnay vineyard.  It has a substantial bottle age that has allowed it to evolve into a stunning example of English sparkling wine.   Elegant, pale gold with silvery highlights in the glass. The nose has classic lemon zest aromas alongside vintage-specific notes of peach, lychee and pineapple. The generous fruit on the nose and palate is balanced by a complex hazelnut and toasted brioche character. The palate offers a ripe, rounded body to compliment the bright acidity and elegant mousse. There is a saline minerality that lingers long on the finely-balanced finish.

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• Champagne & Sparkling Wine, English & Welsh Sparkling Wine, Sparkling

  2020 ‘Cuvée Boz’, Blanc de Blancs, Sugrue

  £6500

  This very limited production wine, Sugrue’s first Blanc de Blancs, is winemaker, Dermot’s tribute to his late brother Boz.  A complex and harmonious English sparkling wine, showing aromas of green apple and subtle hints of lemon thyme. Beautifully balanced and poised on the palate, which offers good weight and notes of citrus peel, orange zest and delicate hints of strawberry through to an elegant finish.

  The grapes come from the Jenkyn Place single vineyard, nestled in the Hampshire Downs. The vineyard covers five hectares of vines, on land that was previously used for cultivating hops. The vineyards sit on sheltered, chalky, south-facing slopes at 100 metres above sea level, with greensand soils over marlstone, making them ideal for growing the high-quality grapes. The greensand topsoil at Jenkyn Place is scattered with eroded fragments of chalk, creating a distinctive -and possible unique combination, which is beginning to be translated into the wines. Chalky soils are associated with more gently-fruited wines of notable finesse, while greensand soils deliver a rounder fruit profile.

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• Champagne & Sparkling Wine, English & Welsh Sparkling Wine

  2011 Blanc de Blanc, Hattingley Valley

  £7500

  Winner of the Best Blanc de Blancs in the World at the 2017 Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships.

  This magnificent Blanc de Blanc from Hattingley Valley has aged wonderfully as you would expect of top quality Blanc de Blanc.  It shows a vibrant hue and opens with aromas of sourdough bread, kumquat and shades of forest floor that fill the nose. The palate shows great vibrancy and weight with bright lemon oil, nectarine and brioche.  This gives way to a rich toasty and honeyed charm. The palate is beautifully balanced and complex.  A rich and rounded mouthfeel and long finish.

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• Red Wine

  2020 Q Class Pinot Noir, Magnum, Simpsons Wine Estate

  £12000

  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.

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  English & Welsh Sparkling Wine, Rose Wine

  2010 1086 Rose, Nyetimber

  £13995

  Nyetimber stands at the forefront of English sparkling wine, renowned for its dedication to crafting wines of exceptional quality and elegance. The estate’s flagship, 1086 Rosé, represents the pinnacle of this commitment. Named after the year Nyetimber was first recorded in the Domesday Book, this prestige cuvée is produced exclusively in outstanding vintages from the finest estate-grown grapes. The 2010 vintage, a blend of 75% Pinot Noir and 25% Chardonnay, showcases the meticulous selection and craftsmanship that define Nyetimber’s approach. With extended lees ageing and careful cellar maturation, 1086 Rosé exemplifies the estate’s pursuit of excellence and its role in elevating English sparkling wine on the global stage.

  The 2010 Nyetimber 1086 Rosé presents a luminous copper-rose hue, indicative of its maturity and depth. The nose is expressive, offering aromas of wild strawberry, blackcurrant, and elderberry, interwoven with hints of juniper, Earl Grey tea, and brioche. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied and well-structured, with silky phenolics and juicy acidity. Flavours of red cherry, rhubarb, and lemon zest are complemented by a mineral undertone, leading to a long, refined finish. This rosé is a testament to the complexity and ageing potential of English sparkling wines.

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