Court Garden Blanc de Blancs 2018

Court Garden’s Blanc de Blancs has superb minerality complemented by crisp green apples and gala melon. The ripeness of the fruit is balanced by a seam of integrated acidity. This wine is from the celebrated 2018 vintage. Colder weather in early spring delayed bud burst and, untroubled by frost, the vines had a good flowering. A really warm summer provided near perfect conditions resulting in a perfect harvest and a great vintage. Previous vintages of Court Garden’s Blanc de Blancs have been very long lived, and we suspect this vintage will also keep for a decade or more.

Court Garden is a family-run, single-estate vineyard and winery in East Sussex, set on a beautiful south-facing slope with the South Downs as a backdrop. The vineyard shares similar geology to North-East France – the chalk of the Downs runs beneath the Channel into the Champagne region. In Sussex, there is a more maritime climate which is perfect for the production of sparkling wine.