Description
These 37.5cl bottles contain Digby’s flagship wine, which boasts our trademark raciness balanced by richer, toasty notes from extensive maturation. Elegant and assured, this wine embodies the marvellous ageing potential of wines created on our English terroir with grapes hand-harvested in 2013.
This year, WineGB awarded the full-sized version a gold medal and four trophies:
- Supreme Champion
- Top Sparkling
- Best Vintage Classic Cuvée
- Southeast Regional Award
Technical details:
| Blend: | 65% Chardonnay 25% Pinot Noir 10% Pinot Meunier |
| Dosage: | 8g/l |
| Alcohol: | 12% |
| Total acidity: | 10.4g/l |
| pH: | 3.3 |
| Malolactic fermentation: | Partial |
| Vineyard locations: | Sussex & Hampshire (lead) Dorset & Kent (supporting) |
| Soil types: | Greensand (lead) Chalk & clay (supporting) |
| 1st fermentation: | 89% stainless steel 11% oak |
| Time on lees: | 5 years (minimum) |
| Vintages declared: | 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2018 |
Head Blender notes:
“We have been waiting for so long to release these half bottles! Our foray into smaller format, they are where excellence meets experimentation. They’ve got freshness, vitality and, oh yes, the incredible concentration of this 2013 vintage.
“I only declare a vintage for this style when Chardonnay, particularly that grown on greensand, shows the taut power and structure required for long ageing – a key principle of the Digby wines. Pristine yet sophisticated, this 2013 combines the energy of all special vintages with that harvest’s unique intensity. The wine’s extensive ageing ability is supported by deep levels of flavour from the Pinots on the lingering finish.”
Trevor Clough,
CEO & Head Blender
