Blanc de Blancs Twenty Eighteen
Limited Library Release
The palate brims with honeyed citrus notes, ripe stone fruits and pear. There are delicate spice notes too, with hints of ginger and cardamom, alongside freshly baked pastry and toasted hazelnuts. This is intense and complex, with a lingering mineral note and a long, elegant finish.
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3+ awards won - including:
- Best in Show - Decanter 2023
- Gold - Wine GB 2022
- Gold - CSWWC 2022
Limited Library Release
The palate brims with honeyed citrus notes, ripe stone fruits and pear. There are delicate spice notes too, with hints of ginger and cardamom, alongside freshly baked pastry and toasted hazelnuts. This is intense and complex, with a lingering mineral note and a long, elegant finish.
this is breathtakingly good
An all-chardonnay sparkling wine from Gusbourne in Kent, this is breathtakingly good; pure and lucid, with a creamy texture and a sense of pent-up energy so that it carves smoothly through your mouth leaving you wanting more.
crystalline purity
Loving this new Blanc de Blancs 2016 from the reliably-great English fizz producer Gusbourne - the warm vintage gives it nice body and ripeness, but it’s got a crystalline purity too. Fine fizz, lemon meringue pie and a salty, mineral finish. V classy.
just sensational
Outstanding. It’s not every day we’re blown away by a wine, but this new 2016 Blanc de Blancs by Gusbourne is just sensational. We’re tasting a lot of English fizz at the moment…only a few stand out, and this did so effortlessly.
amongst their best works to date
The Gusbourne Blanc de Blancs 2016 is amongst their best works to date. Waves of complexity and pleasure. Rested, not rushed. Confident, not showy. Well done winemaker Charlie Holland.
sleek, cool and very elegant
Wonderfully vibrant pear fruit with notes of garden herbs and snow peas. Although this has wonderful juiciness on the palate, it is sleek, cool and very elegant. Minty freshness at the long, crystalline finish.
Blanc de Blancs Twenty Eighteen
Analysis
GRAPE VARIETY:
100% Chardonnay
ALCOHOL:
12%
TITRATABLE ACIDITY:
9.8g/l
RESIDUAL SUGAR:
11.6g/l
PH:
3.05
Factsheets:
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2018 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009Winemaking
PROCESSING:
Whole bunch pressed and naturally settled for 12-24 hours.
FERMENTATION:
10 days at 18-20 degrees C using specialist sparkling wine yeast. Fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks with a small percentage fermented in old oak barrels for complexity.
BOTTLING DATE:
May 2019
LEES AGEING:
Minimum 33 months
