{"title":"The best on show from our recent trip to the South East!","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn late April, our intrepid band of Brothers (and sisters) took the very, very early morning train out to Chelmsford and beyond to visit some of the best wineries in the UK. Two of our favourite's kindly took us in for a tour of cellar, vineyard AND tasting room, exploring new, unreleased wines as well as special back vintages from their libraries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA hyperbole filled blog with more details is in the works, but for now, we wanted to get together the wines that tasted best that we wanted to highlight. These are soulful, British wines that really push the envelope.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"flint-silex-2023","title":"Silex Flint Vineyard 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eI compare it to white Burgundy - as that's the closest experience I can relate it to - like a fine St Aubin or village Meursault (but a very good one). It is made from a good proportion of Chardonnay - with some Pinot Blanc (a grape allowed in Burgundy) and Pinot Noir (but the white juice) and Pinot Gris. The wine is from Flint Vineyard in Norfolk, with grapes from Crouch Valley and Kent. If this was from France, Spain, Portugal, California or South Africa, I'd still be raving about it. I put it right up there at the top of any white wine blend in the world.  It is not only wonderful wine, it's surely one of the best value wines out there. It makes you think it's going to be a good mineral experience on the palate, and it is, but then you start notice the apple, lemon, and hint of high quality butter, and a touch of toasted almonds. It's got plenty of body, but its tautly textured, with a nice waxy, juicy, grippy finish. Superb! It's hard to stop drinking this. It's also only 12% alc. which is a big tick. Nosing and sipping this is good fun and with any fish and shellfish it's going to be a wonderful match. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#Tasting#   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade from 39% Chardonnay, 28% Pinot Blanc, 17% Pinot Gris and 16% Pinot Noir\u003cbr\u003eIt's been made from the best juice of the grape - called the coeur de cuvee - that runs freely out the grape without pressing - and it's been aged in neutral and new oak for 12 months. 12% alc.. From vineyards in Crouch Valley, Essex, and Kent, and Norfolk. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e","brand":"FLINT \u0026 VINE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54880455131522,"sku":"A5546123","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2466\/1541\/files\/Silex_2023_grey_960x960_crop_center_b3931ad9-78ed-4a9e-a09a-346b349eff02.webp?v=1740482429"},{"product_id":"solstice-by-danbury-ridge-1st-edition-nv","title":"Solstice by Danbury Ridge, 1st Edition NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eA s\u003cspan\u003eensational small production release from Danbury Ridge. Just released, this first edition is absolutely gorgeous. Being fuller, more golden in colour and flavour, with notes of malt, and baked apple pie, buttery pastry, with layers of fruit and complexity, with some delicious oxidative notes, with a fine core of acidity, it is rather different from the other English fizzes we know, which are crisper. Although this is still completely dry. At just over 4g\/l dosage, that puts it in the extra brut category (if Champagne) and make it drier that most English sparklings. A triumph!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e#Tasting#\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMulti-vintage, barrel-fermented Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier, a part of which passes through our perpetual solera. 4.8 g\/l dosage. This is a first edition from one of England's top still wine producers, Danbury Ridge, based in one of the warmest and driest corners of the UK, the Crouch Valley in Essex.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DANBURY RIDGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54932101169538,"sku":"A56161NV","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2466\/1541\/files\/danbury_solstice_ed1_L_144ae197-a820-44b1-a4a5-e990d11dea1c.jpg?v=1742383337"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2466\/1541\/collections\/Swig_Trip.jpg?v=1746090463","url":"https:\/\/swig.co.uk\/collections\/the-best-on-show-from-our-recent-trip-to-the-south-east\/15-20.oembed","provider":"Swig Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}