Wiston Estate Blanc de Noir 2014

Producer: Wiston Estate

Vintage: 2014

ABV: 12%

Region: Sussex

Subregion: Findon

Grape Varieties: 66% Pinot Noir & 34% Pinot Meunier

Tasting note: This is a wonderful example of Blanc de Noir, abundant with complex character and intensity of flavour. Aromas of lemon cake and macadamia nut deliver an inviting a sense of opulence. A round and weighty texture on the palate, abound with notes of rhubarb, dried orange and greengage. Further finesse shows through on the long finish, with hints of Himalayan pink salt and electric freshness, a subtle note of sweetness of Braeburn apple. Undeniable potential to age further.

Notes:

A new release in September 2021, this is the from the 2014 vintage, a year which made the case for creating a Blanc de Noir from the excellent quality Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier from our Findon Park vineyard. The two red grape varieties were co-pressed and fermented in a mixture of five and six year old Burgundy oak barrels with selected yeasts. The barrels did not impart oak flavour due to their age, but promoted a gentle micro-oxygenation, which refines the mouthfeel and structure of the wine on the palate. Thanks to the ideal ripeness of the 2014 vintage, malolactic fermentation was blocked, leaving the wine with natural malic ‘energy’. This not only brought verve and focus to the blend, but also gives the wine fantastic ageing potential. It was bottled in July 2015.

After bottling the wine was allowed to rest on its lees in bottle for four and a half years, before being disgorged in December 2020.