{"id":7853,"date":"2013-08-05T20:30:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T20:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=7853"},"modified":"2013-08-05T20:31:10","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T20:31:10","slug":"ambriel-classic-cuvee-a-new-english-sparkling-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/sparkling-wine\/ambriel-classic-cuvee-a-new-english-sparkling-wine","title":{"rendered":"Ambriel Classic Cuvee, a new English sparkling wine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1011150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7863\" title=\"Ambriel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1011150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1011150.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1011150-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1011150-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1011150-400x248.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now this is interesting. It&#8217;s the first release of a new English sparkling wine, called Ambriel. It comes from a 9.5 hectare vineyard in West Sussex, planted as recently as 2008, so this is the first crop from those vines. Considering this, it&#8217;s fantastic. It&#8217;s a blend of 70% Chardonnay, 27% Pinot Noir and 3% Pinot Meunier. The acidity of 10.7 g\/litre is just spot on: the grapes were harvested in mid-October. Dosage is 7 g\/litre and the wine was disgorged in May 2013.<\/p>\n<p>I like the fact that this is a\u00a0non-vintage cuvee, and I think it is something more UK vineyards should play with, keeping back reserve wines to blend with. This wine was from a single vintage, because it&#8217;s the first vintage, and it was aged on its lees for 24 months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ambriel Classic Cuveee NV English Sparkling\u00a0Wine<\/strong><br \/>\nFull yellow colour. Lovely fruity aromatics: citrus, ripe apple, subtle herbs. The palate is lively and fruity with lovely apple and pear notes, as well as a background subtle toastiness. Direct, pure and fruity, showing good concentration and high acidity. Lively and appley with some bite. A great debut. 90\/100<\/p>\n<p>Find this wine with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/index.lml?referring_site=WAN\" target=\"_blank\">wine-searcher.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now this is interesting. It&#8217;s the first release of a new English sparkling wine, called Ambriel. It comes from a 9.5 hectare vineyard in West Sussex, planted as recently as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,71],"tags":[394,382],"class_list":["post-7853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-england","category-sparkling-wine","tag-england","tag-sparkling-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7853"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7865,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7853\/revisions\/7865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}