Knightor Brut Classic Cuvée White, Cornwall, England

Exceptional English wines made in Cornwall

At their cellar door, you can explore a world of premium still and sparkling wines. Their approach is to allow the grapes to express themselves often in short run, exclusive wines. Cool ferments and light touches of oak where it adds value, with careful blending or ageing to achieve depth and balance. The climate and low yields allow us to produce lighter, fruitier, lower abv wines with good acidity that are refreshing as an aperitif and good with food. Minimal intervention means all of our wines are vegan friendly, low in sulphates and the sweetness comes from fruit, not sugar.

Tasting Notes: 

• Pale lemon green in colour with a lively mousse that quickly settles to a steady stream of fine bubbles.
• Aromas are a combination of apples, citrus and freshly baked bread.
• On the palate, this wine shows great vivacity, complexity and a fine mousse. Serve at 8 degrees.Their classic non vintage blend of the best parcels of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, 70% of the base wine was from 2017, the remainder reserve wines from previous vintages.

The grapes were whole bunch pressed and cool fermented separately, with only the free run juice used for this sparkling, resulting in a clean, crisp and delicate wine.

With secondary fermentation taking place in bottle, the wine was then aged in bottle for a minimum of 5 years, after which the bottles were disgorged and aged for a further 6 months on cork. A small part of the overall blend was both fermented and aged in oak to further the complexity and mouthfeel produced by a such a long period on its lees.