Rushlake Vintage 2023
Guide price: £35
A traditional-method English sparkling wine blending 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Meunier, with notes of green apple, elderberry, blackberry and vanilla and a delicate blush of colour.
2021
Rushlake Green, Heathfield
Surrounded by ancient woodland near Rushlake Green, Rushlake Vineyard grows grapes for English sparkling wine just nine miles from the coast. Rushlake’s approach combines a love of the surrounding countryside with the hands-on realities of vineyard life — muddy boots included.
The East Sussex vineyard grows estate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. The grapes are picked by hand, with traditional bottle fermentation and ageing on the lees shaping the wines.
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