2015 Kit's Coty Blanc de Blancs
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Kit's Coty is a south-facing 95-acre vineyard in the North Downs of Kent on free-draining chalk soils. Underwent malo and 11% of the blend matured in barrel. Three years' lees ageing before release. TA 7.4 g/l, pH 3.05, RS 8 g/l. Tasted blind. Pale yellow. Unusually rich nose – exuberant. And quite a bit of sweetness on the finish. Not sickly but definitely not for the grower-champagne addict. The English wine to recommend to a Pol Roger fan? Well made. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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Nice little bit of autolysis on the nose but massive appley acidity on the palate. Very pure and zesty with decent balance on the palate – so long as you are anticipating the elevated acidity of English wine. Clean and lively. I would happily serve this to French friends. It's not like champagne but it's a good English fizz. (JR)
100% Chardonnay from this 95-acre south-facing vineyard on the North Downs of Kent which also produces some rather nice still Chardonnay. Full malo. 15% of the wine was matured in barrel before the blend was bottled and aged for four years on lees before a dosage of 8 g/l. Much more interesting on the nose than the 2016 Three Graces from the same producer. Very obviously Chardonnay and really rather ripe. Fresh appley acidity (TA 7.6 g/l). Rather pretty and well balanced. This doesn't taste like Champagne, and nor does it need to. It tastes like a frank, refreshing, well-made expression of English sparkling wine. (JR)