2018 All Angels Sparkling Rosé 2018

A delicate peach colour, with complex aromas and palate full of nectarine, peach and pomegranate, alongside other clearly detectable red berry fruits and citrus. The autolytic character from more than 3 years lees ageing follows with softly spiced raspberry crumble. A drier rosé, it is stylishly balanced with a refreshing acidity, fine ascending bubbles and a beautifully long finish.

This unique and versatile rosé with sublime intensity, reminiscent of sunny summer days, is one to enjoy in good company with canapés, high tea or light lunches.

South facing, English climate. Total size 6 ha. Prevailing SW winds. Free draining soil with a good deposit of flint - soil warms quickly.

Uniquely historic site of the Roundhead encampment before the first Battle of Newbury, views of iron age forts, Highclere Castle, Newbury racecourse and Coombe Gibbet.

Emphasis on sustainability with as little chemical intervention as possible. Most weeding done mechanically or by hand; weather stations designed to warn on disease risk to minimise unnecessary intervention. No burning of pruning but mulched instead. Mechanical canopy management but hand leaf stripping as well as hand pruning and harvesting. Frost management comprises bougies, frostguards and frost fans. Vineyard mowing minimised to reduced soil compaction and flail mower used only to mulch prunings.

Each of our All Angels Sparkling Wines is hand crafted using the “Traditional Method” for fine Sparkling Wine and Champagne and includes secondary fermentation of the wine in bottle and lees ageing of over 3 years.