London Sparkling Brut in Gift Box
British wines from a vineyard in north London helping improve mental and physical health.
A delicious, elegant vintage with a rich softness and lingering finish.
A golden hue reveals expressive aromas and defined flavours of citrus testiness, ripe orchard apples and Comice pears with a touch of fruit salad. Two years lees ageing lends further pastry and brioche notes to the mid palate.
- Forty Hall Vineyards, 2018 London Sparkling Brut, 75cl
"elegant aromas of fresh bread, biscuits and ripe green apples. Succulent and refreshing: a wonderfully cogent, moreish style. Well balanced, intense and with lovely savoury notes, this is classy, cultured English sparkling wine" Susie and Peter Richards - Masters of Wine
Key Notes:
- Believed to be London's first Sparkling Brut
- Made in the traditional Champagne Method
- 'Single Estate'; and produced only from grapes grown on Forty Hall Vineyard, North London
- Certified Organic
- Natural and unfiltered
- Vegan friendly
Technical Information:
- 2 years maturation on yeast lees in the bottle
- Sugar levels at harvest 68 to 77 oeschle, acidity from 11.1 to 14.6 g/L
- Disgorged with 3 g/L dosage (low sugar)
Forty Hall Vineyard has put the unlikely location of Enfield, North London on the map when it comes to organic English wines.
This is the only commercial scale vineyard in London, the first in the capital since the Middle Ages in fact. And they’re doing great things besides making top-quality still and sparkling wines too.
Based at Capel Manor College, Forty Hall Vineyard is primarily volunteer-led. That’s because an ecotherapy project is woven into the production of their wines, which all profits help support.
Volunteers immerse themselves in the horticultural activity of the vineyard, get out in a beautiful green setting and keep active – all of which can give mental and physical health a boost. It’s an opportunity for people to make new connections too – another positive for the local community’s wellbeing.
Among the grape varieties grown on Forty Hall Vineyard’s 10-acre south-facing plot are Bacchus and Ortega. These find their way into two distinctive single variety still dry white wines.
And to create the award-winning London Sparkling Brut, they use Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir and follow the traditional Champagne method, allowing fermentation to happen in the bottle.
Sustainability is a priority too. Forty Hall Vineyard crafts their wine using eco-friendly farming and organic vine-growing practices, with as little intervention as possible. So if natural wines and supporting good causes are your jam, give these a try.
