English White Wines
Chilford Hall Bacchus 2018
Herbaceous and hedgerow aromas with flavours of nettle and lime finishing with spicy pepper notes
Initially planted in 1972 by the Alper family, the Chilford Hall vineyard is set out over 20 acres of free-draining “flinty” soil which overlays chalk. The 2018 vintage was excellent for Chilford, as with so many English wine producers, and the wines express riper fruit flavours than typical, while still retaining fantastic acidity and freshness. Their first varietal Bacchus wine shows great typicity, with herbaceous and hedgerow aromas with flavours of nettle and lime finishing with spicy pepper notes.
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