The Effective
The Effective
Everyone exceeds expectations from time to time so why not indulge them this great selection of still and sparkling wine.
This month’s selection includes 2 bottles of still English wine and 1 bottle of English sparkling wine. The still wines include one dry wine, the Barnsole Bacchanalian, which has a lingering finish and one rosé, The Simpsons Railway Hill, which has gentle notes of raspberries and wild strawberries, alongside pear and fresh bread. The sparkling rosé wine from Oxney is a delicious, fresh, dry, gently-foaming wine. Scroll down to see notes.
Notes From The Expert
STILL WHITE
The white wine reflects the warmth of 2018 and displays green fruits plus some more tropical aromas of mango and pineapple. The palate is dry but has a generous feel, a rich dryness and lingering finish.
STILL ROSÉ
The rosé is made from Pinot Noir and delivers gentle notes of raspberries and wild strawberries, alongside pear and fresh bread. The wine is dry with fresh acidity, nicely integrated delivering a wonderful cut to the textured palate. The wine has a bit of attitude and character with layered fruits and textured weight. It is a great food wine for heavier fish or white meats.
SPARKLING ROSÉ
The sparkling rosé is a delicious, fresh, dry, gently-foaming wine. One can find delicate aromas of raspberry, peach and lemon on the nose and palate along with a light lees richness. The wine is bottle fermented and has extra weight due to the extended lees contact but is made to give a fresh, youthful mouthful. It is a great on its own but will match a range of canapés as well as fish dishes.
About The Growers
STILL WHITE
The white wine is grown on a boutique vineyard by two passionate winemakers near the town of Sandwich. Their philosophy is to tread softly in the environment and to share the land with the local hares, badgers, foxes and many British birds. The first vines where planted in 1993.
STILL ROSÉ
The rosé is created by a husband and wife team learnt their trade and gained their deep knowledge of winemaking in the Languedoc region of France. They sold up and bought perfect wine growing land in a sheltered chalk valley in an area of outstanding beauty just south of the Cathedral city of Canterbury.
SPARKLING ROSÉ
This organic estate is East Sussex, between Rye and Tenterden, is one of England’s most southerly vineyards and one of the few which is run on organic principles. The soils are of sand and loam over a clay subsoil. The upper levels of the soil are therefore free draining and poor in nutrients whilst the clay below can hold water in the drier months of the year.