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2021 BLACK CHALK Wild Rose, Lea & Sandeman

BLACK CHALK

2021 Wild Rose

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

GOLD TROPHY (95 points) Best Sparkling Rosé Tasting notes: Old gold with a hint of salmon. Autolytic red apple and sour cherry fruit. Aromatics of dried herbs, potpourri, blood orange and ruby grapefruit. Really lovely balance, lovely toasty and yeasty red fruited style. The dosage is good here and it just works. Good length, tangy acids. Toasty and yeasty autolytic style. Complex, umami-opulent, gastronomic. Rating: 95 WineGB Awards (Jul 2025)

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Full bottle 1,616 g. 55% Pinot Noir, 31% Pinot Meunier, 14% Chardonnay. TA 8.3 g/l, dosage 5.2 g/l. 22 months sur lattes. This really does smell like the English heirloom apple Worcester Pearmain, which is deep-blush red and smells (and tastes) like raspberry-soaked apples – apple raspberries. Leadley and Driver have got the dosage just right. Just enough sweetness to uplight the fruit. Just enough to bring a strawberries-and-cream, Eton-mess indulgence to the wine. The bubbles are super-fine and there are faint acciaccatura crush notes of angelica, tarragon and nigella. Silken. Drinking range: 2024 - 2030 Rating: 17 Tamlyn Currin - www.JancisRobinson.com (Sept 2024)

Always Meunier led, and blended in the dark so the team aren't dictated by creating the perfect rosé colour. That said, it's a gorgeous and delicate colour. The nose is remarkable, so pretty - tea roses (the titular Wild Rose indeed!), mulchy strawberries and plum skins. The palate is so pure, the fruit is incredible with the weight of the 2020 vintage, but with this incredible long salty lick running through the core. Simply fabulous, either for aperitifs or as a partner for slightly spiced food. L&S (Sept 2024)

The 2021 Extra Brut Wild Rose, made from 55% Pinot Noir, 31% Pinot Meunier and 14% Chardonnay grown in the chalk soils of Hampshire's Test Valley, spent almost two years on lees and is pale pink. It presents an enticing citrus note on the nose, revealing freshly baked bread crust and juicy redcurrant with more air. The palate is svelte yet concentrated, focusing on a midpalate that beautifully synthesizes rye bread, lemon and tart redcurrant, all supported by fine mousse. This wine offers elegant dimensions beyond fruit with beautiful resonance and depth. Disgorged: February 2024. Drinking range: 2025 - 2034 Rating: 91 Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous.com (Feb 2025)

Black Chalk

Black Chalk is the passion project of Jacob Leadley. Started in 2015, Jacob started making wines in this beautiful corner of the Test Valley in Hampshire when he was still making wine at Hattingley. The first wines were released in 2018, and in 2020 his assistant at Hattingley, Zoe Driver, joined him and they've never looked back

Here, they are making some of the most exciting wines in England, in a meticulous and charmingly nerdy fashion. Across the 4 vineyards they own, they are working with 34 clones of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Précoce, and Pinot Gris, each with their own profile. However, most important of all is the solid chalk found beneath the shallow soils here. Many fishermen will recognise the Test Valley, famed for its chalk streams, but this great hunk of chalk beneath the vineyards is key to the purity and precision found in these wines.

We are incredibly excited to be working with these elegant, unique wines, made by a small but incredibly passionate team.

Equinox English Sparkling | Mixed 6

The Spring Equinox English Sparkling Mixed Case: The New ClassicsThere is a sentimental magic to the Spring Equinox. It is the moment the earth shakes off the winter; the days stretch longer, the ground bubbles with life, and throughout the vineyards of England, it marks the official start of the growing season.
To celebrate the arrival of spring, we have gathered a 6-bottle case of the absolute finest English sparkling wines available.Driven by our cool climate and magnificent chalk soils, the best estates in the country are producing wines of such tension, complexity, and age-worthiness that they regularly vie with their counterparts in Champagne for the top rankings.
Winemakers here are no longer trying to copy Champagne; they are celebrating their own unique, wild terroir. Their fresh, crystalline profiles are the perfect antidote to the heavy wines of winter, capturing the brilliant, crisp energy of a spring morning.
What's Inside the Mixed Case:
2020 Trouble with Dreams, Sugrue: Crafted by Dermot Sugrue, this wine is bursting with soul and a gripping, mineral intensity.
2018 Rosé Ex Machina, Sugrue: Another magnificent creation from Dermot Sugrue, showcasing his absolute mastery of the South Downs.
NV Rosé Brut, Nyetimber: Nyetimber is one of the original visionaries of English sparkling wine, boldly planting the three classic Champagne varieties in West Sussex back in 1988. Their beautiful NV Rosé Brut offers a creamy, red-fruit profile with an edgy, saline finish.
2022 Brut, Herbert Hall: From a sunny, organic site in Marden, Kent, farmed by the Hall family for three generations. Uniquely, a portion of the blend is fermented in oak barrels, giving the wine a superb, gastronomic texture.
2022 Classic, Black Chalk: The brilliant Jacob Leadley works with the pure chalk of Hampshire's Test Valley to bring the best out of 34 different clones and rootstock combinations, creating focused, saline, and incredibly pure wines.
2021 Wild Rose, Black Chalk: This wine was awarded 95 Points and Best Sparkling Rosé at the last WineGB Awards.
With their bright, orchard-fruit profiles and lip-smacking freshness, these wines are the ultimate companion for the warmer spring days ahead.

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