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Bride Valley Wines

Brut Reserve 2018 Case of 6

Brut Reserve 2018 Case of 6

Pinot Noir 65%, Chardonnay 35%

ABV: 12%

£162.00 GBP
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If you weren't buying direct from the vineyard, this wine would cost you a lot more. Find out why.

Made from grapes grown during an exceptional UK vintage, 2018. An elegant floral nose of elderflower and blossom with a touch of wild strawberries and white currents. The palate gives a crisp and elegant refined zingy gooseberry and minerality, with stewed apple and a creamy mousse with hints of buttery brioche.


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What people are saying about this wine...

  • "Superb clarity with yellow fruit and floral tones supported by lovely intense toasted bread, butterscotch and pastry characters. Tight and nervy, complex and long" - IWSC 2022, 91 points

  • "Delicously dry with delicate quialites, the perfect apperitif for any occation. Equally the ripeness gives depth and body suited to many luxurious dishes"

  • "An elegant floral nose of elderflower and blossom with a touch of wild strawberries and white currents. The palate gives a crisp and elegant refined zingy gooseberry and minerality, with stewed apple and a creamy mousse with hints of buttery brioche."

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Wine Making Notes

After a very short journey from being carefully handpicked in the vineyard to the winery, the grapes are gently wholebunch pressed to allow the delicate aromatics to be extracted into the juice. The cuvée (first free run of juice from the press) and taille (the remaining juice from pressing) are cold settled in stainless steel tanks to give us a clear and pure juice.

These tanks were then innoculated with our chosen yeast strain to start fermentation under the watchful eye of our winemakers.

After fermentation was complete the wine then underwent malolactic fermentation to further develop the buttery mouthfeel and creamy taste, before being blended, filtered, and bottled in 2019.

Once in bottle, the Brut Reserve has now spent up to 5 years on the lees to extract the maximum characteristic brioche and stone fruit notes before disgorging. Our chosen dosage for this wine has no additional sugars as we find the brioche and stewed apple notes to be perfectly balanced by the natural dryness.

Wine Analysis

Sugar:9.8

PH:3.12

Acidity:7.7

Vintage Notes

Dietary

Vegan, Vegetarian

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