Hencote – Evolution Sparkling 2018
Type | Sparkling |
Grapes | Pinot Noir, Seyval Blanc |
Country/Region | United Kingdom, Shropshire |
Food pairing | Fish, Shellfish |
Vintage | 2018 |
Alcohol | 11% |
Product number: 249589
£126.00
Price per bottle:
£21.00
Hencote's first-ever sparkling wine release.
Our Evolution has been bottled straight after harvest and then rested for four months. With a lively bead and vibrant bouquet of crab apple and hedgerow herbs combined with a scintillating freshness.
Grape Variety: 65% Seyval Blanc & 35% Pinot Noir
Region: Shropshire
Within a few years this was producing surprisingly buoyant harvests of good quality grapes. Despite a lack of encouragement and genuine skepticism from Viticulturists, a subsequent and exhaustive study revealed conducive growing conditions for establishing a viable vineyard. The owners passionately believed that the estate could be developed to support both a vineyard and also oeno-tourism.
This vision has inspired the development of the estate today. By 2015 a new vineyard of 24,000 vines had been planted. Earlier this year the winery building was completed and a new restaurant and wine and cocktail bar opened. A new glamping village was also opened and a brand new road linking the estate to main vehicular routes was established.
Our Evolution has been bottled straight after harvest and then rested for four months. With a lively bead and vibrant bouquet of crab apple and hedgerow herbs combined with a scintillating freshness.
Grape Variety: 65% Seyval Blanc & 35% Pinot Noir
Region: Shropshire
About the vineyard
In 2009 the owners of a small private estate at Hencote planted a hobby vineyard comprising 160 vines.Within a few years this was producing surprisingly buoyant harvests of good quality grapes. Despite a lack of encouragement and genuine skepticism from Viticulturists, a subsequent and exhaustive study revealed conducive growing conditions for establishing a viable vineyard. The owners passionately believed that the estate could be developed to support both a vineyard and also oeno-tourism.
This vision has inspired the development of the estate today. By 2015 a new vineyard of 24,000 vines had been planted. Earlier this year the winery building was completed and a new restaurant and wine and cocktail bar opened. A new glamping village was also opened and a brand new road linking the estate to main vehicular routes was established.