Nyetimber Classic Cuvée Multi-Vintage English Sparkling Wine

Description

Nyetimber Classic Cuvée Multi-Vintage is living proof that English sparkling wine just keeps getting better and better. Produced from the classic champagne grape varieties – Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier – from their own vineyards in West Sussex and Hampshire, this wine is Nyetimber’s signature sparkling wine. The blend is also a mix of wines from different vintages; most usually known as non-vintage, Nyetimber like to refer to it more correctly as “multi-vintage”.

Nyetimber Classic Cuvée Multi-Vintage is aged for at least three years before being released and therefore acquires a lovely intensity and complexity of flavours and aromas. There is a waft of pastry on the nose with some spicy notes. On the palate, the wine is predominantly fruity – baked apples, fresh apples and citrus – with some honey and almond notes. Though intense and quite rounded in the mouth, the wine is refreshing due to the mouth-watering acidity for which we have England’s cool climate to thank.

Originally champagne was the benchmark for the English sparkling wine category – not surprising since English sparkling wine is produced by the champagne or traditional method and often from the classic champagne grapes. But English sparkling wine is now setting its own benchmarks and building a reputation for well-made wines that express the terroir just like this delicious example. For another excellent example, try Ridgeview Blanc de Noirs.