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Extra Brut Agrafe

Extra Brut Agrafe Twenty Nineteen

A classic blend aged entirely under cork. This Agrafe bottling is a first for Gusbourne – and for English wine as a whole.

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TASTING NOTE

 

Pale golden in colour with fine, persistent bubbles. On the nose, the wine showsdelicate notes of lemon, lime peel and green apple, alongside toasted almond and pastry. The palate showcases citrus and orchard fruit, with bright, fresh fruit and floral notes too, leading to more evolved flavours of apple tart and shortbread from the extended time on lees. The wine is elegant, complex and poised, with a streak of freshness and minerality on the finish. Fresh fish and seafood works really well – why not try langoustines, seared scallops or golden beetroot tart.

Our advice on opening an agrafe

it stole my heart

This is exactly the kind of offbeat wine that makes my heart beat a little faster and makes me smile. It has a grooved dimension that is quite unique in this room of diverse, iconic, distinctive English sparkling wines….I tasted this in such a rush and yet it stole my heart. I would love to taste this exciting wine again. 17.5/20 points, tasted 10 June 2024

Tamly Currin, jancisrobinson.com

Extra Brut Agrafe Twenty Nineteen

Analysis

Grape Variety:

70% Chardonnay

30% Pinot Noir

Alcohol:

12%

Titratable Acidity:

9.6g/l

Residual Sugar:

4.5g/l

pH:

2.96

Factsheets:

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2019

Winemaking

Processing:

Whole bunch pressed and naturally settled for 24-36 hours.

Fermentation:

10 days under 20 degrees celsius using specialist sparkling wine yeast. Fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks, with a small percentage fermented in old oak barrels for complexity.

Bottling Date:

June 2020.

Lees Ageing:

38 months under specialised 'Tirage cork'.

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