Wiston Estate Blanc de Blancs 2018

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.

From: £58.00

OUR MOST AWARDED WINE

TASTING NOTES

Notes of intense nougat and lemon zest on the nose, with ripe greengage, apples and pastry flavours on the palate.

Wiston Blanc de Blancs, English Sparkling Wine
Wiston Estate Blanc de Blancs 2018, English Sparkling Wine, made in West Sussex

FOOD MATCH IDEA

This is a wine to savour – and would work well with whatever local seafood you can get your hands on – think fresh crab on thickly buttered bread…

WHERE TO ENJOY…

An indulgent picnic on a sandy beach…

Wiston Blanc de Blancs

Description

Our vintage wines are only made in years when the vines produce the very best quality grapes. If you want to see for yourselves how this wine is made – come and join one of our winery tours…

The 2018 harvest, which has gone down in recent folklore of UK grape growing. A year when the stars aligned. A four-week window of exceptional weather around flowering helped create a bountiful crop (approx. 70% more than average) with exceptional level of ripeness. Who’d have bet on that in late February when we welcomed the Beast from the East?! The good weather persisted, through October, when the grapes were hand harvested. The whole bunches (solely sourced from our original vineyard) were gently pressed in the Coquard to preserve delicate fruit flavours and aromas. The juice was fermented in a mix of old French barrels and stainless steel tanks, and stored on lees for nine months before bottling. The wine was then aged for 4-5 years on lees before disgorgement and ageing on cork.

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 2018
  • 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. 2019
  • Alcohol 12%
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