English Sparkling Wines
Ancre Hill Vineyard Blanc de Blancs 2018
Lemon, cox’s apple, pear, honey and dried almonds, giving way to a sweet butterscotch note and a long brioche finish
A serious wine with nearly five years of lees ageing, from the outstanding 2018 vintage. It offers a delicate, evolving nose of wildflowers, lemon zest, Forelle pear, green apple and brioche notes. The mousse is fine and delicate, with notes of lemon, cox’s apple, pear, honey and dried almonds giving way to a sweet butterscotch note and a long brioche finish in the mouth. The base wine was matured for 15 months in Austrian oak, and the wine spent 4 years and 9 months on lees, before being disgorged in November 2024.
Ancre Hill Estates is located in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire. The 12 hectares of vineyards are perfectly positioned on south facing slopes close to the border town of Monmouth and the Wye Valley. The estate utilises traditional Biodynamic and Organic Viticultural practices to produce the best possible fruits from carefully sourced and selected varieties with excellent heritage. The wines produced at Ancre Hill express the terroir of ancient mudstone and sandstone soils, giving the wines their character and natural flavours, with no external intervention or manipulation in the winemaking process.
