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…

A cool May and June in the 2016 growing season meant a slow start for the vines and led to lower than average yields in our Findon Park Vineyard. The cool weather continued into July and the first half of August. A much-welcomed burst of heat in late August and a mostly dry Late Summer/Autumn resulted in good sugar and acidity levels at harvest, which was completely dry throughout—and allowed us to let the grapes hang until late October. Although 2016 was by no means an easy vintage, the long ripening and lower yields gave grapes with perfectly balanced ripeness and acidity—making for an exceptionally fine Cuvée. Our coquard basket press is brilliant for styles like this, allowing each variety to show boldly. Each of the varieties were pressed and fermented separately in old barrels from Burgundy. The wines are then rested on lees until summer, then blended and fermented in-bottle for a cool, long second fermentation. The first bottles were riddled and disgorged in 2022, and like all our wines, aged on cork to finish.

Ready to drink on release. Can be kept if stored properly – see our tips for looking after your bottles at home…

• Blend 55% Pinot Noir, 33% Chardonnay, 12% Pinot Meunier
• Vintage 2016
• 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. 2017
• 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
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