Fifty One Degrees North Twenty Sixteen
Our most exclusive vintage wine to date and a truly wonderful expression of time and place. So much so, we took its name from the precise latitude of our vineyards: Fifty One Degrees North.
"It's hard to capture a wine like this in words. You just know it when you taste it: it is complete." Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com, 23 June 2025
- Price
- £195
Free standard delivery to UK mainland.
It is, quite simply put, magnificent. Every molecule feels as if it is vibrating with the intensity of its own beauty. It radiates a kind of honeyed gold energy, the glistening acidity tasting as if it has been dipped in golden honey and spun into a slipstream of spine-tingling tenacity. The flavours unfurl, almost, it seems, in slow motion. Guava, Forelle pear, a soft smudge of toffee, a fine craquelure of smoke. Torque rising through the wine as the finest of bubbles leave staccato in their wake. It's hard to capture a wine like this in words. You just know it when you taste it: it is complete. I didn't blink when I saw the price.
Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com, 23 June 2025
Fifty One Degrees North Twenty Sixteen
Analysis
Grape Variety:
- 67% Chardonnay
- 33% Pinot Noir
Alcohol:
12%
Titratable Acidity:
8.9g/l
Residual Sugar:
10g/l
PH:
2.94
Factsheets:
All will be downloaded as PDF
2016 2014Winemaking
Processing:
Whole bunch pressed and naturally settled for 24 hours.
Fermentation:
10 days at 18-20 degrees Celsius using specialist sparkling wine yeast. Fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks with a 21% fermented in old oak barrels for complexity.
Bottling Date:
11th May 2017.
Lees Ageing:
Minimum 67 months.
