HundredHillsBlancdeNoirs2019

Hundred Hills produce vintage English sparkling wines from their boutique winery and vineyards located in the Stonor Valley, Oxfordshire. They only ever make wines from the finest grapes from their own vineyards and tightly control quality at every stage along the road, from planting vines to popping corks. From the outset Hundred Hills have chosen to produce low yielding, high quality Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and have focused hard to create outstanding chalk valley vineyards, where grapes can slowly grow and ripen on the vine every year for more than the magical hundred days. From the wooded chalk valleys of Hundred Hills emerge clean, clear wines that truly reflect a sense of time and place in the way the very best Burgundies seek to do. The wines from Hundred Hills vary year by year and their winemaking is minimalist in style allowing as pure a vintage expression of the vineyard as possible.rrCrafted from a single parcel of south facing Pinot Noir harvested late in the season, this is the first Blanc de Noirs released by Hundred Hills. The long, dry 2019 vintage allowed grapes to be harvested with over 110 days on the vine.rrWeather: The 2019 vintage was in many ways perhaps the most perfect yet for Hundred Hills. The season began early, with shoots well developed by the start of May, and summer saw some of the highest temperatures seen to date in the vineyards. Then a long, cool and dry autumn allowed the grapes to fully ripen whilst retaining perfect levels of acidity at harvest.rrTechnical Information:rGrape Varieties: 100% Pinot NoirrRegion: Stonor Valley, OxfordshirerLees Ageing: 2.5 YearsrDosage: 6g/lrBottling date: May 2020rDisgorged: September 2022rFermentation: Stainless Steel TanksrDrink: Now to 2028+rrTasting Note:A core of vibrant acidity draws together the generous, round palate of ripe Pinot Noir. Intense layers of red fruit; macerated strawberry, raspberries, red apple and Morello cherries lead into a deeper layer of ripe nectarine and juicy flat peaches with cream.