FFW 2021 Wine Catalogue

ENGLAND

CUVÉE WISTON ESTATE 2015 DRINK2020+

BLANCDE BLANCS WISTON ESTATE 2015 DRINK2020+

6x75 £148

6x75 £182.85

This is a wonderful golden raisin colour in the glass. The nose is concentrated and complex – with the Pinot noir evident - strawberry, peach, lemon zest and white chocolate along with grilled brioche and honey. It’s quite a dry style but the fruit on the palate is deeply weighted with such concentration and length that you’re pleased there is nomore dosage than the 8g / l. Disgorged on 19 November 2019. I drunk this with food and it was more than amatch. Highly impressive – I will be a regular buyer myself!

Wiston’s 2015 Blanc de Blancs is one of the finest English sparkling wines that I have encountered... to date. It was picked fromOctober 22 to November 3 after a warm, dry October, the yield 15hl/ha, 50% fermented in stainless steel and 50% in old Burgundy barrels and aged on the lees for ninemonths. Dosage is 8g/L. This has a fantastic bouquet of bewitching scents of lime, green apple, honeysuckle and slithers of tinned peach, all beautifully defined. The palate does not disappoint, delivering exquisite balance, wonderful focus and a touch of mineralité toward the harmonious finish. Now this is how youmake a great Blanc de Blancs.

—NEALMARTIN

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