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Exton Park launches 100% Pinot Meunier Sparkling Wine

The 60-acre estate, based in Hampshire has once again released an English Sparkling Wine made from 100% Pinot Meunier.

While most traditional method sparkling wines are made from a trinity of grapes – Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier – the star roles are usually taken by the first two. Not so at Exton Park.

A profusion of flavours

Winemaker Corinne Seely says: “Pinot Meunier is like a sleeping beauty, a grape that has waited patiently to be awoken and adored. This is one of my greatest achievements, a 25 year labour of love to craft a pure Pinot Meunier wine.”

A single parcel

The grapes for this wine come from the highest part of Exton Park’s single vineyard, with minimal top soil, the vines thus root in the pure chalk. “When I tasted the juice from our first pressing of Plot 4, I was astounded by the profusion of the flavours,” Seely says. “I knew this plot had the potential to express the unique, chalky vineyard soil to create a wine with a very distinctive personality. The result is something I am extremely proud to present and is the next step in innovation at Exton Park.” The wine spent three years on lees and was disgorged with a dosage of 11g/l.

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Anne Krebiehl MW
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