red wine

More and more vineyards in England are producing red wines, pinot noir so far being the most successful, and producing a lighter style than the typical French style.

Wickham Row Ash Red NV Hampshire

Wickham vineyard in Hampshire make this medium bodied, easy drinking red wine. Made mostly from Triomphe d'Alsace grapes and matured in oak for 10 months before being bottled, this fruity deep coloured red wine is a great accompaniment to red meat and cheese. This wine is good to drink now but will keep for several years.

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Bolney Wine Estate Dark Harvest

Bolney Wine Estate, previously Bookers vineyard, made headlines in October 2007 when the Bolney Wine Estate 2005 Dark Harvest was the joint highest scoring wine in a blind tasting of similarly priced european red wines. The tasting panel was made up of UK wine experts including two of London's top sommeliers – Laure Patry from Maze and Fabrice Hequet from La Noisette. Another top rated red wine from Bolney is Bolney Wine Estate Pinot Noir with a soft cherry taste, this wine is hand harvested and matured in French Oak barrels. Bolney Wine Estates Pinot Noir recently won in a professionally conducted blind tasting against two French Pinot Noir wines on BBC's The One Show.

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Chapel Down Pinot Noir

Chapel Down Pinot Noir 2005, is aged for a year in French and American barrels which gives it a peppery spiciness, which compliments the fruitiness of the wine. A perfect partner for lamb and game.

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