Bride Valley Blanc de Blancs 2017

Bride Valley Blanc de Blancs

Region: Dorset, England

Vintage: 2017

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Chardonnay

ABV: 12%

Silver pale with lemony tints; white flowers and spring-like freshness on the nose with citrus elements and a hint of dry honey, great purity of fruit on the palate, showing a light creaminess at the start contrasting to a taut Granny Smith acidity on the finish. A true reflection of Bride Valley’s chalky Kimmeridgian soil. 

Steven Spurrier and his wife Arabella are behind Bride Valley, located in West Dorset. Steven, while running Les Caves de la Madeleine and L'Academie du Vin in Paris in the 1980s, had soil (chalky) samples from Arabella's 80 hectare estate tested and the results came back: "very similar to Champagne". This is not surprising because the village of Kimmeridge is just 24 miles as the crow flies from Bride Valley. After two decades and three visits from Boisset's sparkling wine expert, Georges Legrand, vines were planted on the best sites in the bowl of the amphitheatre-like estate. Three hectares were planted in 2009, rising to a total of 10 hectares in 2013 when planting was completed.

https://bridevalleyvineyard.com