2016 Old Vines Blanc de Blancs

Single Bottle

£32.50

2016 Old Vines Blanc de Blancs

£32.50

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This is not your stereotypical Blanc de Blancs! This is the second release of a limited-edition Blanc de Blancs made from Chardonnay from the tiny original 1989 planting at Greyfriars. These old vines produce small yields of what is consistently our most interesting Chardonnay. 2016 was a fairly typical vintage in the UK with the fruit picked on 14th October and fermented and aged in old oak barriques.

Quantity Single Bottle Mini Case (3) Case (6) Double Case (12)

Displaying a delicate, pale lemon hue, this complex sparkling wine has honeyed beeswax and subtle baked apple aromas. The palate is a harmonious blend of richer and fresh fruit, with creamy apple and pear flavours and a delicate hint of vanilla on the finish from the well integrated oak ageing.

While this would serve as a wonderful aperitif, it would go down equally well with creamy, crème fraîche chicken pasta with pancetta; or with a Normandy style Moules with Cider, or lighter roast dishes such as pork tenderloin with fennel.

Review by Matthew Jukes in Vineyard Magazine: (November 2024) "[Goldenford] is fermented and aged in neutral oak, which grants this wine permission to hold itself with exquisite deportment. There are so few 'still' Chardonnays in the UK for which I use the term 'sophisticated'. I have no doubt they will come, but Goldenford is already here, and it is an absolute gem. Silky, linear, resonant and singular, this thrilling wine blows my mind at only £18! I have said it before, and it bears repeating- the wines from Greyfriars are the finest value in our land, and this beautiful wine is genuinely world-class from a taste perspective and also from a pounds, shillings and pence reckoning. if only I still owned my wine bar- would buy a pallet at the drop of a hat!"

The wine was fermented and aged in used oak barrels prior to bottling. All the base wine went through full malolactic fermentation.
It was bottled for secondary fermentation in July 2017 and has matured on lees for almost seven years.

Vintage - 2016

Grape Varieties - 100% Chardonnay

ABV - 12%

Bottled - July 2017

Numbers - 1,800 bottles

Disgorged - April 2024 onwards

Dosage - 7g/Litre

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WHAT THE CRITICS SAY

"Smashing fizz made by the Wagstaffs – we went to the same college at uni. So he must be good. Fresh, lively with a delicious savoury nuttiness."

-Oz Clarke

NV SPARKLING CUVÉE

"This is a superb discovery, and if you have yet to taste it, I insist you make a beeline for a bottle or two because the perfume, lift, weight, and tension components here are assembled with such precision it is extraordinary."

-Matthew Jukes

2016 CUVÉE ROYALE