Description
Limited release of 4,500 bottles.
This Premier Cuvée is the flagship English Sparkling Wine of Bluestone, aged for 36 months on lees. Aromas of apples, lemons, honey and baked bread. Poised with laser-like acidity carrying flavours of apple turnover, toasted nuts and freshly squeezed citrus.
Expertly crafted in the English countryside, this is a wine that embodies the essence of Bluestone. With a refined blend and updated branding, experience the perfect balance of taste and style, which reflects the quality of our flagship vintage blend.
Blend: 48.5% Chardonnay, 33% Pinot Noir, 18.5% Pinot Meunier, 7% Reserve
Lees Ageing: Minimum of 36 months
Bottle Ageing: Minimum of 6 months
Chef De Caves: Hervé Jestin/ Nat McConnell
Alcohol (ABV): 12%
Total Acidity: 9.2g/l
Total Sugar: 6g/l
pH: 3.22
Disgorged: 11/23
Hand-picked into small 10kg crates. Whole cluster press. Fermentation: Inoculated, 10 days. Full MLF. Small component barrel fermented.
Producer Profile
The name of our vineyard is taken from the Stonehenge World Heritage site a few minutes from our estate. You can find the unique bluestones at Stonehenge, and the name is a reminder of the history we inherited with our land. Proprietors and brothers Nat and Toby McConnell planted 10 acres of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier on the family farm in 2016, and the first wines produced from estate fruit were released in the 2019 vintage Cuvées.
Since planting our vines, the brothers have teamed up with Chef de Cave Hervé Jestin at Hambledon, England’s oldest commercial vineyard, to make the wine. Nat and Toby release a very limited run of their exclusive Cuvées each year, so working with a state of the art facility like Hambledon was an important step in our pursuit for excellence. The grapes are pressed as gently as possible using the top of the range Coquard PAI presses, preserving the purity of the fruit flavour and capturing the essence of the fruit and its terroir.
Each wine is blended by the brothers in collaboration with Hervé and rested for a period on lees and under cork following disgorgement, only to be released when the wine is ready and at its finest.
