Country: England Region: Sussex
Varietal: 71% Chardonnay - 20% Pinot Noir - 9% Pinot Meunier Colour: White Style: Sparkling
Vintage: 2018/19Producer: Rathfinny EstateDescription:
Classic Cuvée has a striking gold neck wrap that sparkles with celebration and represents ‘Rathfinny in a glass’. This vintage, made in the Traditional Method, is a blend of 50% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier, aged for 30-months in the bottle.Rathfinny Wine Estate is a family-owned Sussex wine grower and producer, established in 2010 by Mark and Sarah Driver. Located on a wonderful south-facing slope in England’s South Downs, the climate, chalk soil and aspect make it the perfect site for growing grapes for world-class sparkling wine.The low-intervention, traditional method Sussex Sparkling wines are a true expression of our terroir. Produced from hand-harvested grapes that are whole-bunch pressed and bottled aged on the lees to develop rich, autolytic notes, with a low dosage that emphasises the purity of our fruit.Tasting Note: A buttermilk golden hue beckons in a nose of ginger-dusted white plums on cinnamon toast, a rich palate of white apricot and crème pâtissière with nuances of preserved Meyer lemon on the finish.Food Matches: Aperitif / Foie Gras / Caviar / Oysters
Country: Spain Region: Rioja
Varietal: 85% Tempranillo, 15% Graciano
Category: Red Wine Style: Dry
Producer: Artuke
*Limited to one per person*
Escolladero" comes from the word escollo: difficulty, obstacle. They have given this name to the wine because the vineyard is located near one of the most difficult areas of passage where the Sierra de Cantabria used to be crossed on foot. Arturo De Miguel Blanco, vigneron together with his brother Kike from the Artuke Winery, tells us that it is an emblematic plot in Abalos, with less than one hectare of surface and light-colored calcareous clay soil, as is typical in this area of Baños del Ebro, in Álava. What is unusual is that in 1950 this mixture of two varieties was planted in the same soil, Tempranillo and Graciano, the same grapes with which the De Miguel brothers make Escolladero, aged between 12 and 16 months in French oak. which is all elegance, structure and roundness.
Tasting Notes: Fine, floral and complex, it has the freshness and precision of a wine from 650 metres, with notes of laurel and violet, granular tannins and tangy black cherry and raspberry fruit.
This is a stunning wine, made with the utmost love and care and is made in tiny quantities.
It is truly a wine that you will remember if you are lucky enough to ever taste it.