To be honest, I haven't checked if this particular wine won any respectable awards - but tasting a vintage sparkler from one of England's most renowned producers and selling for around £30 (I got mine reduced, so it was more like £25) I would expect that it defeats a NV Loire Chenin Blanc for less than a third of the price. However, I came the other way round. Does that make the Nyetimber a bad wine? Not at all, we all enjoyed it. It was still a surprise to us, but even more surprising was that we were both 100% sure about identifying the wines correctly and we failed. So for me that was the key lesson and surprise here. I had hoped for a little more from Nyetimber at this price point, especially compared to other sparkling wines, also from Nyetimber, I had tried before.
Anyway, this is what Nyetimber say about the vintage:
June, when flowering occurs, brought lovely dry days with moderate temperatures resulting in a good crop. The summer was one of the warmest on record and autumn, the crucial time for ripening grapes, was above average and the grapes were pressed with excellent maturity during October.
I am not sure I have tried the Codrington late harvest, but next time I visit Julia down in Borough I will ask her for a sample. Thank you for the comment and suggestion!
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To be honest, I haven't
To be honest, I haven't checked if this particular wine won any respectable awards - but tasting a vintage sparkler from one of England's most renowned producers and selling for around £30 (I got mine reduced, so it was more like £25) I would expect that it defeats a NV Loire Chenin Blanc for less than a third of the price. However, I came the other way round. Does that make the Nyetimber a bad wine? Not at all, we all enjoyed it. It was still a surprise to us, but even more surprising was that we were both 100% sure about identifying the wines correctly and we failed. So for me that was the key lesson and surprise here. I had hoped for a little more from Nyetimber at this price point, especially compared to other sparkling wines, also from Nyetimber, I had tried before.
Anyway, this is what Nyetimber say about the vintage:
I am not sure I have tried the Codrington late harvest, but next time I visit Julia down in Borough I will ask her for a sample. Thank you for the comment and suggestion!