Robust yet refined
Kenelm Club price: £40.00
Digby’s Vintage Rosé is not your average pink fizz.
Luscious red fruit reigns with power and weight for an English sparkling wine like no other.
This vintage wine from 2018 boasts the first grapes harvested from Digby’s Hilden Vineyard, in Kent.
58% Pinot Noir
22% Pinot Meunier
20% Chardonnay
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Refreshing berry notes on the nose develop into plump yet tart flavours on the palate, with serious presence.
A tantalising match for all sorts of dishes, including red meat and chilli heat.
Digby’s CEO and Head Blender, Trevor, only declares a vintage year for our rosés when the red grapes show a certain force of flavour.
The 2018 harvest left Trevor no choice but to display them triumphantly in this, the third edition of Digby’s Vintage Rosé and we are delighted for the world to taste fruit from our first owned vineyard site – a true gem.
A wine of weight, vigour and yet sophistication.
Digby’s Hilden Vineyard is planted on Wealden clay in a bowl-shaped layout that captures the sunlight, which rolls down the gently sloped vines. This enables fabulous ripeness in the red grapes, in particular, and Hilden has become our most prized vineyard location.
Do you remember the swelteringly hot summer of 2018? We do; A knockout year for all English wines with bounteous harvests of rich, ripe fruit.
Taste a piece of English winemaking history with our 2018 Vintage Rosé.
58% Pinot Noir
22% Pinot Meunier
20% Chardonnay
| Description | Rolling hills overlooking the ancient Romney Marsh |
| Soil Type | Clay |
| Proportion of total blend | 8% |
| Elevation | 20 – 35m |
| Aspect | S |
| Grape Proportions by Site | Chardonnay Only |
| Description | Long, smooth slope overlooking East Hampshire |
| Soil Type | Greensand |
| Proportion of total blend | 53% |
| Elevation | 110-115m |
| Aspect | SSE |
| Grape Proportions by Site | Chardonnay 30%, Pinot Noir 11.4%, Pinot Meunier 11.6% |
| Description | Sheltered bowl near the coast |
| Soil Type | Clay |
| Proportion of total blend | 35% |
| Elevation | 70 -75m |
| Aspect | SSW & NNE |
| Grape Proportions by Site | Chardonnay 20%, Pinot Noir 9.6%, Pinot Meunier 5.4% |
| Description | Warm, low-lying slopes within the South Downs National Park |
| Soil Type | Greensand |
| Proportion of total blend | 4% |
| Elevation | 15 – 35m |
| Aspect | S |
| Grape Proportions by Site | Chardonnay Only |
| 1st Fermentation Vessel | Stainless steel (97%) Old French oak (7%) |
| Malolactic fermentation | None |
| Dosage | 8g/L |
| Time on lees | 4 years (minimum) |
| Alcohol | 12% |
PREVIOUS VINTAGES DECLARED: 2009 & 2014
With the red Pinot fruits taking the lead, we wanted to let as much of their pure, fresh flavours come through in the wine by vinifying predominantly in stainless steel vats. And then we let time take its course, ageing the wine gently on lees and then under cork.
A wine of confidence and dexterity.
A commitment to excellence
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