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The Trouble with Dreams Sparkling, Sugrue South Downs, UK, 2021

The Trouble with Dreams Sparkling, Sugrue South Downs, UK, 2021

€85,00 - €85,00
€85,00
€85,00 - €85,00
€85,00

One of England's most celebrated sparkling wines, from winemaker Dermot Sugrue, with a cult following among critics.

60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir, fermented in large old Burgundian barrels. Creamy and complex, with baked apple, toasted oats and lemon peel, cut by long, precise acidity.

Drink it with: A superb aperitif, and lovely with salted nuts, hard cheeses and seafood.

When to drink: Drinking beautifully now and will keep for several years.

The producer: Dermot Sugrue planted his first vineyard at the foot of the South Downs in West Sussex in 2006, and the wine's name comes from a vintage lost to birds the night before harvest.

Sustainability: This wine is vegan-friendly.

Producer

Sugrue South Downs

Tasting Notes

Effortless ripeness, balance and poise – and the typical characteristics of this now firmly established wine style: precision, purity, drive and freshness, and a focussed textural balance that can only be achieved with fermentation in large, old Burgundian barrels.

Country

England

Region

West Sussex

Style

Creamy, complex, textured

Colour

White

ABV

12.0

Unit Size

75.0

Dry/Sweet

  • Dry

Grape

60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir

Press Review

“So creamy, on both the nose and palate, like a bowl of roasted oatmeal stirred with thick cream and golden baked apples. Broad brush strokes of flavour lying against long, crisply defined, arrow-sharp acidity. Almost like cool melted butter with finely zested lemon peel and something a little herbal … summer savoury. Fine, complex wine.”

Tamlyn Currin, JancisRobinson.com

Press Review 2

“Sugrue South Downs is the personal project of Dermot Sugrue, the Wiston Estate winemaker who’s also behind a number of top English sparkling wines. This English fizz is an appealing light golden colour with evident bottle age and reveals lots of complexity and layers of stewed apple and spice on the nose and palate. There is a saline edge to the wine and a really pleasing structure and mouthfeel with a grilled nuts finish. An assured wine to linger over. Pairs nicely with: Aperitif, nuts, cheese, seafood. 95 Points.”

Sam Caporn MW (@mistressofwines for @winegang)

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