Wiston Estate Rosé 2018

A bold and beautiful Rosé for connoisseurs – nothing frivilous or light going on here this is a rosé for grown ups. Perfect pairing for Festive food

From: £54.00

OUR SPECTACULAR SUSSEX SPARKLING

TASTING NOTES

This is not a shy and retiring rosé! Enticing notes of dark cherries, blood orange and hints of wild roses and rosehip. Friuty and rich on the palate with notes of cranberries, brioche and marzipan.

Wiston Estate Rose 2018, English Sparkling Wine
Wiston Estate Rosé  2018, English Sparkling Wine

Food match idea

The intensity of this rosé works well with things like smoked duck or a platter or charcuterie – like the ones we serve in Chalk from Knepp Estate.

serving idea

This wine makes an excellent partner to special occasions – if you are getting dressed up to go out, this opulent wine is the perfect aperitif.

Wiston Estate Rose 2018, English Sparkling Wine

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 were gently pressed in the Coquard to preserve delicate fruit flavours and aromas. The juice was fermented in old French barrels and stored for nine months before bottling. The wine was then aged for four to five years on lees, before 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 80% Pinot Noir, 20% Pinot Meunier
  • 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
  • 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. 9 grams per litre
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