English & Welsh Sparkling Wines

5th July 2013

Tasted by colour, majority blind, in random order

Ancre Hill Estate (Monmouth, Wales)
Sparkling White (2009)
100% Seyval Blanc

Breaky Bottom (Lewes, Sussex)
Brut, Cuvée Alexandre Schwatschko (2006)
100% Seyval Blanc

Camel Valley (Cornwall)
Brut (2010)
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier

Chapel Down (Tenterden, Kent)
Vintage Reserve Brut
Rivaner, Reichensteiner and Pinot Noir

Denbies (Dorking, Surrey)
Greenfields
Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay

Denbies
Whitedowns
100% Seyval Blanc

Nyetimber (West Chiltington, W. Sussex)
Classic Cuvée (2007)
79% Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier

Plumpton Estate (Nr. Lewes, Sussex)
The Dean Brut
Mainly Pinot Noir, "splash" Chardonnay

Ridgeview (Ditchling, Sussex)
Merret Bloomsbury (2010)
Chardonnay dominant, with Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier

Ancre Hill Estate
Rosé (2009)
66.6% Pinot noir / 33.3% Chardonnay

Bolney Estate (Haywards Heath, W. Sussex)
Sirrius Brut Rosé (2009)
Merlot and Chardonnay

Fleur Fields (Brixworth, Northamptonshire)
Champs d'amour Rosé (2010)
72% Seyval Blanc, 20% Triomphe d'Alsace, 8% Phoenix

Glyndwr (Vale of Glamorgan, Wales)
Sparkling Rosé Brut (2006)
Seyval Blanc and Triomphe d'Alsace

Plumpton Estate
The Dean Blush
94% Pinot Noir and 6% Chardonnay