English Still Wines
White Castle Vineyard Siegerrebe 2025
Layered sweet aromas of peach, orange blossom and nectarine, with ripe lychee on the palate and a long soft spicy finish
Their Siegerrebe has layered aromas of peach, orange blossom & nectarine, with ripe lychee on the palate and a long, soft, spicy finish. Underneath this, the wine still has a good seam of acidity that delivers freshness and lightness perhaps surprising with such full flavours. The grapes were hand harvested in October 2025 and the juice fermented in stainless steel vats.
White Castle Vineyard is a Welsh vineyard situated near the market towns of Abergavenny and Monmouth, owned and run by Robb and Nicola Merchant. They hit the headlines in 2021 by winning a prestigious Decanter Gold Medal for their 2018 Pinot Noir Reserve, the first Welsh wine to win such a prize.
Robb and Nicola purchased the 12 acre smallholding in 1995 and converted the milking parlour into their home a year later. However it was 2008 before the dream of owning a vineyard become a reality, when they purchased the five acre, gently sloping, south facing field adjacent to their property. Soil tests were performed and vines ordered. May 2009 saw the planting of 4000 vines of Pinot Noir, Regent, Rondo, Seyval Blanc & Phoenix, with May 2010 seeing a further planting of Siegerrebe 800 vines. May 2019 marked their 10th anniversary since first planting and to mark this milestone they have planted a further 2000 vines of Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc.
