Nyetimber 1086 Prestige Cuvée 2010

The 1086 Prestige Cuvée 2010 from Nyetimber is the pinnacle of English Sparkling Wine. With only the best grapes selected from their extensive sites, and eight full years on lees, the ingredients and techniques provide the foundation for an exceptional wine. The aromas are refined and complex, with almond croissant and toasted nut leaping out up-front, followed by ripe English orchard fruit and citrus peel aromas. To taste, the 1086 presents a vibrant, tangy citrus and orchard fruit fusion upfront that softens to riper stone fruit flavours with white peach to the fore. The mid-taste offers a creamy, nougat richness, which envelops and complements the radiant fruit flavours. There’s a real sense of journey and structure to the wine and it ends on a lingering aftertaste of crushed, toasted nuts and light mineral hues. It’s a truly sublime wine. The energetic tension that the 2010 vintage brings ensures this wine has a very long life ahead, and the balance between richness and fruit purity is an absolute triumph.