Wiston Estate Blanc de Blancs 2015
Blanc de Blancs (100% Chardonnay) is what Wiston has won the most awards for over the years. Chardonnay and our chalky South Downs soils were made for each other.
£85.00
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TASTING NOTES
This wine is elegant and complex with notes of tangerine, honeydew melon, honeysuckle and brioche. The concentrated flavour and broad delivery is the hallmark of a wine with impressive ability to age.
Food match idea
Seared scallops, lobster thermidor, chicken cooked in white wine, creamy cheeses
Wiston's 2015 Blanc de Blancs is one of the finest English sparkling wines that I have encountered... to date. It was picked from October 22 to November 3 after a warm, dry October, the yield 15hl/ha, 50% fermented in stainless steel & 50% in old Burgundy barrels & aged on the lees for nine months. Dosage is 8g/L. This has a fantastic bouquet of bewitching scents of lime, green apple, honeysuckle & slithers of tinned peach, all beautifully defined. The palate does not disappoint, delivering exquisite balance, wonderful focus & a touch of mineralité toward the harmonious finish. Now this is how you make a great Blanc de Blancs!
Description
Released in early 2020, after the extraordinary success of the previous vintage 2011 Wiston Blanc De Blancs, fruit for this vintage was picked in the warm October and November of 2015.
Aged in 50% mature Burgundy oak barrels and 50% stainless steel, this single-vineyard, single-vintage, single-varietal Blanc de Blancs is perfect for immediate drinking and will also cellar beautifully.
The growing season that year began with a warm, frost-free period that encouraged bud burst. Temperatures cooled that spring, but by July had warmed enough for flowering, albeit a fortnight later than normal. A cool summer with unusually cold nights slowed the fruit and veraison was very late. But a heatwave in September pushed into October. We ran harvest from 22 October to 3 November and warm, dry weather gave us a small crop of exceptionally ripe and healthy grapes.
READY TO DRINK?
Ready to drink on release. Can be kept if stored properly – see our tips for looking after your bottles at home…
Technical information
- Blend 100% Chardonnay
- Vintage 2015
- Bottling Our wines are bottled the summer after harvest, which is the moment they begin their second fermentation, which gives them their bubbles and evolved character. 2016
- Alcohol 12%
- Dosage The dosage indicates the amount per litre of sugar in the 'liqueur de dosage', a mixture of wine and sugar added to the bottles when they are disgorged at the end of the ageing process, to ensure balance and harmony in the final blend. 8 grams per litre
Awards
Blanc de Blancs Trophy at WineGB Awards 2021
Wiston Estate won the Berwick Trophy 2021 for the Blanc de Blancs 2015, a recognition of the best Blanc de Blancs Style in the UK.
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How to enjoy your Wiston at home
