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Grape Varieties: Pinot Noir

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Pinot Noir is a grape that has been crucial to the UK, with it being one of the holy trinity of traditional method “Champagne” grapes alongside Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. But the grape enjoys profound success on its own all around the world, from the legendary prized wines of Burgundy to the cooler climate success of New Zealand’s Central Otago and Marlborough.

Pinot Noir is the 10th most planted grape in the world (source: Wine Folly) and the second most grown grape variety in England. Whilst domestically, most of the juice from the Pinot will end up in a Classic Cuvée sparkling blend, a Rosé (still or sparkling) or perhaps even a Blanc de Noirs, the grape’s popularity as a single varietal still wine is starting to increase.

Sparkling Rosé

Rathfinny Rosé Brut 2019

A crisp and line rosé expression that comes into its element when paired with seafood.

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Sparkling Brut

Langham Corallian Classic Cuvée NV (2021 Base)

Perfectly poised, straddling the line between leanness and decidedly nutty complexity.

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Sparkling Brut

Solstice by Danbury Ridge – 1st Edition

An expressive sparkling wine that combines apricot and blood orange flavours with oxidative complexity.

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Sparkling Brut

Nyetimber x Team GB Classic Cuvée MV

Nyetimber teams up with Team GB for an English sparkling Olympic games.

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Sparkling Brut

Digby Vintage Reserve Brut 2014

Beautifully developed, this ten year aged beauty is full of biscuit and baked apple richness.

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Sparkling Brut

All Angels Classic Cuvée 2017

An expansive English sparkling wine, with distinctive tropical notes and nutty pastry complexities.

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Sparkling Brut

High Clandon The Shakespearean Cuvée 2019

A refined and perfectly poised English sparkling wine from Surrey.

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Sparkling Rosé

Leonardslee Brut Rosé 2021

A crisp and bright red fruit-laced sparkling rosé with a twist of Pinotage.

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Sparkling Brut

Bluestone Premier Cuvée 2019

Invigorating and crisp, with soft orchard fruit and a deliciously nutty complexity.

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Sparkling Brut

Roebuck Classic Cuvée 2018

Rich and rounded with bright acid line that cuts through and a saline finish.

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Still Rose

The Heretics ‘Blowhorn’ Pale Rosé 2023

Burgundian textures combined with precise red fruit and brisk, crisp acidity. Delightful!

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Sparkling Brut

Highweald Brut Reserve NV

A generously rich style of English sparkling from a new emerging name.

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Sparkling Rosé

Winding Wood Brut Rosé 2020

A delicious rosé packed full of concentrated red fruits and pastry complexities.

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Still Rose

Coolhurst Lady Elizabeth Rosé 2018

An indulgent and beautifully rich 2018 rosé with decadent pastry complexity.

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Sparkling Rosé

The Grange Pink NV

A superbly balanced and rounded sparkling rosé from Hampshire.

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Sparkling Rosé

Balfour Brut Rosé 2019

Another great vintage of Balfour’s flagship rosé, with tangy red berry and a hint of honeyed flavours.

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Still Rose

Albury Silent Pool Rosé 2023

A crisp and bright Organic rosé with tangy red fruit and a hint of watermelon.

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Still Rose

Oxney Rosé 2022

Concentrated and ripe red fruit notes, with a gentle creaminess that adds weight.

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Still Rose

Dalwood Still Rosé 2023

A crisp and lively new blend of Seyval Blanc and Pinot Noir from Dalwood.

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Sparkling Prestige

Black Chalk Inversion 2020

An incredibly full and flavoursome Blanc de Noir, based around Burgundian Pinot Noir clone 777.

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Sparkling Prestige

1086 by Nyetimber 2013

A slender softness with silky soft bubbles makes this wine incredibly compelling and indulgent.

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Sparkling BdN

Exton Park Blanc de Noirs 2014

Signature Exton Park top notes of crisp apple and racy citrus with bright minerality

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Sparkling Brut

Oxney Organic Estate Brut 2019

A lovely biscuit and nutty complexity and adds great depth to an otherwise precise and straight-laced sparkling wine.

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Sparkling Rosé

Albury Estate Sparkling Rosé NV

This is a super refreshing take on rosé that has fruit purity at the forefront.

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Balfour Nouveau 2025

A vivid, bright and concentrated Nouveau expression of Essex Pinot Noir.

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Chilcomb Valley Classic Cuvée NV

A generous and expressive Classic Cuvée from Hampshire.

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Hundred Hills Blanc de Noirs 2021

A striking and intellectual expression of Pinot Noir.

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Cobble Hill Vineyard

Stephen looks at recent developments and progress at Norfolk’s Cobble Hill Vineyard.

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Discovering Albariño with Fergus Elias

John talks with Fergus Elias, head winemaker at Balfour Winery about Albariño.

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IEWA 2025 Results

John takes his annual look at the IEWA 2025 Gold Medal winners, including overall winners Vagabond and Hunger Hill.

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