2013 turned out to be a great vintage in England, but it got off to a very slow start, with flowering nearly 3 weeks late. Much of the rest of the summer was warm, but not excessively hot, and by harvest time the grapes had almost caught up in ripeness, but retained refreshingly high levels of acidity.

Elegant, expressive and finely chiselled lemon and apple notes, with warm, bready brioche aromas

Taut and finely balanced, the 2013 has a thrilling freshness and mouth-watering zing that gives way to complex flavours combining refreshing citrus fruit and savoury richness. Excellent length.

A lovely pale gold in colour, with a persistent stream of fine bubbles.

The perfect aperitif which is also delicious with lightly smoked fish, and all sorts of salads. Or salted nuts and olives.

The wine spent 40 months in the bottle in contact with the lees before disgorgement.

The wine was disgorged on the 14th June 2016