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Bardfield, Anne of Cleves, 2017, Essex, UK

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Bardfield, Anne of Cleves, 2017, Essex, UK

Bardfield, Anne of Cleves, 2017, Essex, UK

We have visited Bardfield and its an english vineyard that make great easy drinking summer wines. Made with the Bacchus grape you get fresh citrus on the nose and in the taste that’s joined by a lime and lemon under note. It has good length its clean fresh taste makes this a great white wine to just drink on a hot summers day watching the world go by.

At £12 a bottle its what you pay for english white wine. A shame in some ways as the price will put some people off.

Shawsgate, Rosé, 2016, Suffolk, UK

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Shawsgate, Rosé, 2016, Suffolk, UK

Shawsgate, Rosé, 2016, Suffolk, UK

Shawsgate is based in Suffolk, in the UK and does a rather good red wine, but this time I’m trying Rosé which is actually really very good, not just for English Rosé but in general. This is fine stuff at £10 a bottle excellent value.

It has redcurrant and raspberry on the nose and this follows through in a taste with stone fruit and a ziggingness that is fresh, slightly on the sweetest side but it’s more of an undertone sweetness that makes this ready excellent summer drinking. If this was the only rosé I had all summer I would not be disappointed. It’s probably the best rosé I’ve had in 2021.

 

 

Vagabond, Ortega, 2018, Oxfordshire, UK

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Vagabond, Ortega, 2018, Oxfordshire, UK

Vagabond, Ortega, 2018, Oxfordshire, UK

There are some absolutely fantastic English wines but I’m not entirely sure this one made of Ortega grapes can be classed as one.

It’s clear and crisp but it’s very acidic and a little one-dimensional on flavour. There’s lots of lemon with bits of lime coming through but that’s it. This would be really good with seafood as the acidity is very high but we have tried better wines from the UK recently that are worth trying though.

 

New Hall, Bacchus Fume Reserve, 2016, Essex, UK

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New Hall, Bacchus Fume Reserve, 2016, Essex, UK

New Hall, Bacchus Fume Reserve, 2016, Essex, UK

New Hall in Essex has been making Bacchus for a long time and they are getting better and better. They make a lot of different wines which can be a little confusing, so its best to pop a long to an open day and sample!

This 4 year old Fume Reserve is light with aromas of elderflower and mellon, flavours of apple, lemon and hints of gooseberry. Its not what you may call sophisticated but it is what you would all wonderful.

At £12 a bottle it’s decent value given the quality you are getting.

 

Denbies, Cubitt Reserve, 2010, UK

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Denbies make a lot of wine, sparkling and still and do it well. This is made from Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay, your traditional grapes for Champagne. Dry and crisp with medium acidity and clean tasting with aromas and flavours of lemon, green apple and vanilla. Yes there’s yeasty notes but there’s more to it and its refreshing, bringing you back for glass after glass, unless your wife says stop!

Its at a similar price at Champagne its a better bet for me.

Denbies, Cubitt Reserve, 2010, UK

Denbies, Cubitt Reserve, 2010, UK

Denbies, Cubitt Reserve, 2010, UK

Denbies, Cubitt Reserve, 2010, UK

Biddenden Vineyards Gribble Bridge, Ortega Dry 2014, Kent, UK

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From the oldest vineyard in Kent this was my first Ortega white wine.

Its a medium wine in most respects, a fair bit of fruit, peach, apples, a little grapefruit and flora hints. Its got high acidity and has reasonable length. There is better english wine out there, tI would call this a pleasant wine and it was nice to try a different grape. At £12 a bottle is OK value.

Biddenden Vineyards Gribble Bridge, Ortega Dry 2014, Kent, UK

Biddenden Vineyards Gribble Bridge, Ortega Dry 2014, Kent, UK