Rathfinny Blanc de Blancs Brut 2017, 750ml

Single-site, single-vintage, grower-producer, this is 100% Chardonnay, aged for 36 months on its lees before release.
Fermentation: whole-bunched pressed, inoculated with commercial yeast, fermented in stainless steel tanks at 16°C.
Disgorged in May 2021. Dosage: 4g/l. Malolactic completed.

2017 is the third vintage of Rathfinny elegant Sussex Sparkling, produced from Chardonnay grapes grown and hand-harvested on the Rathfinny Wine Estate.

Tasting Note:

A luminous, flaxen-gold hue leads to a heady nose of ripe papaya and creamy lemon balm, a refined beading of white peach and fennel pollen with a silken, yuzu zest finish.