Average rating 4.9/5 stars across all Google and external reviews
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Bought directly from the Everflyht Vineyard and is currently held in bond at London City Bond Eton Park, where it is cellared in ideal conditions and for same day deliveries small quantities are held in our London offices in a top of the range Eurocave
Sam and Ben Ellis founded Everflyht Vineyard in 2015, coming from a background in modern property development. The estate is ten hectares with three hectares planted in 2016 of the classic varieties Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier. In 2021 an additional 3.8 hectares were planted. The young vines produced a small crop in 2018 and this wine was kept as reserve wine to be blended with the wines from the 2019 harvest to create their first non vintage blend based on 2019 blended with the wines from the first vintage.
Everflyht Rose de Saignée 2019 is a blend of Pinot Noir and Meunier; hand-picked from our single estate vineyard. The wine reflects our idea of field to bottle where the grapes are picked together and handcrafted in the winery. This produces a wine that tells the story of not just the vintage but of the varieties as well. This is the first single estate sparkling wine to be produced at Everflyht and the future is very bright when their first releases are so good.
The Saignée method of rosé production is more complicated than adding red wine into the blend, it extracts colour from a short period of skin contact, in this 1st release just 12 hours was enough to get the colour and richness of fruit.
Weather in 2019: A mixed season but in the end the quality shone though, bud burst was normal in time, mid-April and was largely unaffected by frost. Flowering was positive with warm bright days during July and August. Veraison was in full flow by September which was cooler than normal this allowed for a longer and gentle ripening period which meant the skins were given time to gain a fantastic deep colour and phenolic profile that come harvest would translate into this elegant wine which reflects the grape blend and vintage.
Technical Information:
Grape Varieties: 60% Pinot Noir & 40% Meunier
Region: Ditchling, East Sussex
Vineyard: Everflyht
Bottling Date: 2nd September 2020
Disgorged: 2nd March 2022
Lees Ageing: 18 Months
Dosage: 6 g/l
TA: 6.5g/l
ABV: 12%
pH: 3.36
Drink: Now to 5 years
Tasting Note: The nose is full of ripe cherry with soft undertones of strawberry and raspberry in the mid profile. Complexity and structure round off the profile with cream, butter, and fresh brioche note. The palate is fruit driven with notes of ripe red cherry and sweet wild strawberry with a soft backbone of patisserie like richness. Richness yet a delicacy! One of the best English Sparking Rose I have tasted!
Watch Richard Bampfield MW & Nick's video tasting review of this English Sparkling here.
Sam and Ben Ellis founded Everflyht Vineyard in 2015, coming from a background in modern property development. The estate is ten hectares with three hectares planted in 2016 of the classic varieties Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier. In 2021 an additional 3.8 hectares were planted. The young vines produced a small crop in 2018 and this wine was kept as reserve wine to be blended with the wines from the 2019 harvest to create their first non vintage blend based on 2019 blended with the wines from the first vintage.
The second phase of planting also saw Pinot Gris, Pinot Précoce and, interestingly, Gamay join further plantings of the big trio of sparkling grape varieties. Sam and Ben's ethos “is to always go with what we like to drink ourselves”. With Sam and Ben enjoying both light reds and still rosé (in addition to the obvious sparkling wine interest), the hope is to produce a small range of limited-release still wines when the season allows.
The name ‘Everflyht’ is inspired by the six Martlets of the Sussex crest symbolising knowledge, adventure, and learning. Said to never land, these birds are ‘ever in flight’. These six Martlets make up the Everflyht feather, a symbol of the house's adventures and innovation in wine and to never settle.
Cellar Master: Sam and Ben Ellis
Winery Location: Ditchling, East Sussex, England
Annual Production (bottles): 17,000
Expert Reviews
17/20
Tamlyn Currin
“Deep, bright orange-pink. Masses of strawberries on the nose but this is one of the most unusual English pink fizzes I have ever tasted! This is an explosion of blood orange and morello cherries and pomegranate with a lashing of sumac and sweet-hot paprika. This tastes as if it should carry a label saying, Made In Morocco. Just gorgeous. Crazy outgoing, exuberant, cartwheeling flavour. Full of fireworks and joy. This is street dancing! A flash mob in a bottle! ”
91/100
Tom Hewson
“Estate fruit from Ditchling, East Sussex. Co-macerated 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Pinot Meunier, split between two old burgundy barrels and one tank. A deep, highly expressive ripe strawberry and cherry tart opening, counter-balanced with some rosehip grip and sweet, toasted almond oak characters. Some complexity here, with some tarter redcurrant on one side, and some yogurty, creamy detail on the other. Bold stuff, bound to capture some attention.”
