2026
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Oz & Tom's English Wine Heroes 2026
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"A full of life rosé packed with bright strawberry and cream moreishness. An intellectual bent - more Proust than Jilly Cooper - worthy of serious discussion amongst friends. Very fine."
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90 points – Silver Medal, Decanter World Wine Awards 2026
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"Strawberry, spice and brioche aromas; red apple, raspberry, ripe orange and plum on the palate, with toasted almond notes."
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91 points, Decanter – Panel Tasting, May 2026
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"Salmon-pink. Savoury-fruited, combining plum, raspberry and citrus with toasted nut notes and a whisper of forest floor. Structured yet elegant, it carries its richer style into a long finish. Drink 2026-2032"
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Silver at Sommelier Wine Awards 2026
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"A lovely aroma of flowers and red fruit, with delicate bubbles and acidity well balanced with the alcohol."
Antonio Polise, LSL Capital."
"This is showing some tertiary mushroom and nutty aromas, as well as some beautiful acidity."
Maria Cintoli, Evelyn's Table.
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Silver at 2026 Wine GB Awards
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2025
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91 points, Vinous – Anne Krebiehl MW, February 2025
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"The NV Brut Rose, a blend of 54% Chardonnay, 33% Pinot Meunier and 13% Pinot Noir from Hampshire's Candover Valley, features 85% of its base from the 2018 vintage, with the remainder from a "solera" dating back to 2011. After three years on lees, it presents a subtle nose with glimpses of lemon, smooth creamy yeast and a hint of chalk. The palate offers immense freshness, reminiscent of lemony strawberry sorbet, with foamy bubbles and verve framed by yeasty creaminess. A 9 g/L dosage enhances the tart red berry fruit, channelling superb freshness into lasting bright fruit."
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90 points – Silver Medal, Decanter World Wine Awards 2025
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“Aromatic intense floral nose, fresh acidity, and pleasing macerated red fruit, peach, herbal notes on a backbone of sourdough and hints bruised fruit.”
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Matthew Jukes – matthewjukes.com, June 2025
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“I first wrote this wine up in March 2022 in Vineyard Magazine, having earmarked it as a future rosé superstar. Over the last few years, it has further refined its message. With lovely ripe fruit and a smooth, pure palate with hints of redcurrants and cranberries, this is a silky wine from a textural perspective, cut with tangy red fruit notes. It is precisely what you are after when you think English Sparkling Rosé.”
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2024
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91 points – Silver Medal, International Wine Challenge 2024
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"Rhubarb and red apple on the nose lead to a creamy and sophisticated palate with a shortbread backdrop and elegance.”
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Gold at 2024 Wine GB Awards
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"Emphatic biscuit/toasty notes, with red berry and apple-pear fruit. Bright, lively fruit. Fine, lacy quality to the mousse. Young, explosive, biscuity and long. Delicious wine."
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Matthew Jukes – Vineyard Magazine, March 2022
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"This is one of the most stunning English rosés I have tasted and the super-smooth, incredibly pure fruit is mesmerising. I urge you to track down a bottle and raise as glass to this brave new label, as soon as you can!"
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The Real Review – 2024
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"Salmon pink in colour, this pink fizz from Hampshire’s Candover Valley, disgorged in August 2022, shows fresh and ripe strawberries in the aroma and on tasting, there’s ripe strawberries and cream fruit flavours emerge from a fine mousse of bubbles with a tart summer pudding fruit element too, all finishing elegantly dry."
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91 points, Silver at 2024 International Wine & Spirit Competition
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"Richly oaked on the nose showcasing delicate, summertime wild strawberry notes and a vibrant zip lemon zest freshness. An abundance of complexity and effervescence, finishing clean and delightfully balanced."
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