2012-HERBERT-HALL-English-Brut

HERBERT HALL

2012 English Brut

Grapes Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier
Colour White
Origin United Kingdom, English Sparkling Wine
ABV 12%

A rounded ripe fruity style, completely belying it's base vintage (2012) which some growers declared not worth picking. Good appley fresh fruit and a satisfying moreish balanced finish. L&S (Oct 2014)


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A lovely shimmering Welsh gold with green lights. Oh yes, those very Kentish scents of walking through an orchard, springtime apple blossom ceding to orchard fruits like quince and pear, romantic and sensuous. Unalloyed fruit expression in the mouth, rounded, ripe, kindly- yet so fresh with drive and elegant acidity. A fine definition on the end palate. Hall's achievement realised through judicious softening of part 'malo' and 10% aerating fermentation in oak. A deft exceptional result. Rating: 18 Michael Edwards (Aug 2015)

On the 2010 vintage - this is the finest debut English sparkling wine that I have ever tasted. It is a very wistful and romantic creation. The aroma is sensational and while it is a little youthful right now, it will develop into a sensational drop over the next two years. Tasted alongside the newly released 2002 Veuve Clicquot vintage it looked twice the wine at half the price!Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com

Nick Hall named Herbert Hall after his great grandfather and produces the finest English Sparkling Wines from a sunny organic site in Marden where for four generations the Hall family has been growing exceptional fruit and hops. Nick's wines find favour for their elegant expression of the great terroir by great winemaking. Handmade, Traditional Method. Primary fermentation in stainless steel tanks with 10% of the blend fermented in oak barrels. Secondary fermentation in bottle. Malolactic fermentation adds richness while retaining the integrity of the fruit. Chardonnay 40% Pinot Noir 30% Pinot Meunier 30%.Winemaker's notes

Herbert Hall

At the end of the 19th Century, Herbert Hall arrived in the village of Marden in Kent. He became a tenant farmer on a ten-acre sunny, gently sloping site to the west of the village.

Herbert Hall was a colourful character and a great horticulturalist. He grew hops, apples, pears, and plums and his little farm came to embody the original spirit of The Garden of England. Herbert went on to build a farm that has remained in the Hall family for three generations.

In 2007 his great-grandson, the winemaker Nick Hall, chose Herbert’s original site to plant a vineyard with Chardonnay (40%), Pinot Noir (30%), and Pinot Meunier (30%). Herbert always said it was the best piece of land he had ever farmed and this sheltered sunny organic site, continues to produce superb fruit.

Winemaker Kirsty Smith joined in 2014 to help produce these handmade, traditional-method English Sparkling Wines. The grapes undergo primary fermentation in stainless steel tanks with 10% of the blend fermented in oak barrels.

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