Wiston Estate, Blanc de Blancs Vintage other_regions

Wiston Estate, Blanc de Blancs Vintage other_regionsWiston's 2015 Blanc de Blancs is one of the finest English sparkling wines that I have encountered to date. It was picked from October 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 nine months. 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.

smoked tea and a hint of animale that is also reflected by the focused and beautifully intense medium-bodied flavors that possess an unusually refined mouth feel

Surprisingly lightweight and streamlined in the mouth

which at one time was part of Montrachet

Once again there is fine volume to the solidly concentrated and sappy medium-bodied flavors that possess first-rate complexity and persistence on the balanced finale

This is aromatically similar if a bit more elegant and certainly more complex and with a touch more floral character as well

the 1999 has moved on from its primary stage

90% whole cluster)

remaining incredibly young and primary and only just beginning to hit its stride

wait another 4-5 years and things will be even better

lemons and hints of flan and butterscotch

The 2008 Brut Rosé La Grande Dame is also showing well

very plush in style with a caressing