Chapel Down Vintage Reserve 2019

A delicate and fresh style of English sparkling wine. Bramley apple, lemon shortbread and light red berries on the nose are followed by subtle toasty characters on the palate.

Fruit is sourced from vineyards in Kent, Essex and East Sussex. Grapes grown on varied soils including chalk, clay and loam soils.

Grapes grown predominantly on single and double guyot pruning systems.

Cool fermentation in stainless steel followed by full malolactic fermentation.

Maturation on fine lees in tank for 6 months before bottling and an average of 18 months further ageing on lees in bottle. A deliberately low dosage of 5g/L has been chosen for this extra brut style.