Were you definitely tasting against one of Nyetimber's award winners? 2006 was a really hot year for English wine, proven by the fact there were late harvest wines produced (go to The Wine Pantry at Borough, and try the Coddington Bacchus). That's not the sort of thing that helps with sparkling wines.
Not to take anything away from the Vouvray, which sounds fantastic, I'd really like to try it. But a minor downside of the wave of pro-English fizz is that people forget the wines are almost all vintage rather than NV, and so there can be pretty major variation.
Were you definitely tasting
Were you definitely tasting against one of Nyetimber's award winners? 2006 was a really hot year for English wine, proven by the fact there were late harvest wines produced (go to The Wine Pantry at Borough, and try the Coddington Bacchus). That's not the sort of thing that helps with sparkling wines.
Not to take anything away from the Vouvray, which sounds fantastic, I'd really like to try it. But a minor downside of the wave of pro-English fizz is that people forget the wines are almost all vintage rather than NV, and so there can be pretty major variation.