SIMPSONS WINE ESTATE Rabbit Hole Pinot Noir 2020

£27.95

SKU:
3430881
UPC:
5060670970282
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93 points “A charming seductive English Pinot Noir from Kent featuring a perfumed nose of roses and potpourri which open up to intense dark cherry and strawberry fruits. Herbal wood spices provide an extra layer of complexity. Juicy and crisp on the palate with plenty of sweet spiced red berry fruits seasoned with vanilla and white pepper. Dried cranberry lingers on a great finish.” – Decanter 

Prepare to lose yourself down the Rabbit Hole. Just one sip and we knew we’d be drinking the new Pinot Noir from Simpsons Wine Estate all summer long and beyond. Its ripeness is quite simply startling for such a cool climate. Super smooth with not a hint of bitterness the red fruit is juicy silky and laced with delicately sophisticated notes of clove star anise creamy milk chocolate smoke and freshly brewed coffee. The Simpsons Wine Estate’s Rabbit Hole Pinot Noir 2018 might well be the finest red produced on these shores and is one of those exceptional wines that is a joy on its own but equally wonderful paired with food. Think rabbit ragu and pappardelle a mixed leaf salad with beetroot roasted in garlic and thyme croquettes with romesco sauce barbeques picnics and more. There we go again losing ourselves down the Rabbit Hole.

Located just outside Canterbury – which is twinned with Reims in the heart of Champagne and has very similar lime-rich chalky soils – you’ll discover Simpsons Wine Estate. This location is no happy accident; it’s a carefully orchestrated strategy that we predict will revolutionise the English Wine world. Ruth and Charles Simpson spent 17 years perfecting their art at their award-winning Domaine Sainte Rose in Languedoc before setting up their new venture in the stunning Elham Valley (a designated Area of Outstanding Beauty). This kind of winemaking pedigree is somewhat of a rarity in English wine as many of the recent surge in new winery openings have been set up by people who have made money in The City and are looking for a new challenge.

On visiting the Simpsons Wine Estate – which was bought in 2012 planted in 2014 and opened by Oz Clarke in 2016 – it’s the astonishing attention to detail that strikes you. A recent study by East Anglia University to identify the prime location for vineyards in the UK stopped short of giving exact coordinates for fear of the impact on land prices but hinted that the very best place was somewhere near Canterbury. When you look at Simpsons’ vineyards it’s hard not to think they’ve found the magical plots. This area of the North Downs has some of the highest sunshine hours in the UK their slopes are perfectly positioned to optimise sun capture and protect from winds and frosts the chalky soils are on the same seam that runs from Champagne and the maritime influence of the coast being just eight miles away results in a long slow ripening season that produces immensely complex grapes. While most English wineries use sparkling wine clones for their still wines Simpsons use clones much like the ones you’ll find in Chablis or Central Otago that are intended primarily for still wines; they bring in experts from France at great expense to help with planting bottling labelling and disgorgement; they employ top-of-the-line technology from their oxygen-free press to their in-house analytical tools; their fining is all vegan friendly; and finally but most importantly their winery is fitted with a spiral slide so that all visitors leave with a smile on their face. If you needed any further endorsement then it’s worth pointing out that Taittinger have recently planted vineyards in Kent and guess who they turned to process some of their first grapes? You’ve guessed it: Simpsons Wine Estate.


SKU No.: 3430881

Style No.: 875648

Country: England
Region: Kent
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Closure: Cork
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 12.5%
Volume: 750ml
Allergens: Sulphites

93 points “A charming seductive English Pinot Noir from Kent featuring a perfumed nose of roses and potpourri which open up to intense dark cherry and strawberry fruits. Herbal wood spices provide an extra layer of complexity. Juicy and crisp on the palate with plenty of sweet spiced red berry fruits seasoned with vanilla and white pepper. Dried cranberry lingers on a great finish.” – Decanter 

Prepare to lose yourself down the Rabbit Hole. Just one sip and we knew we’d be drinking the new Pinot Noir from Simpsons Wine Estate all summer long and beyond. Its ripeness is quite simply startling for such a cool climate. Super smooth with not a hint of bitterness the red fruit is juicy silky and laced with delicately sophisticated notes of clove star anise creamy milk chocolate smoke and freshly brewed coffee. The Simpsons Wine Estate’s Rabbit Hole Pinot Noir 2018 might well be the finest red produced on these shores and is one of those exceptional wines that is a joy on its own but equally wonderful paired with food. Think rabbit ragu and pappardelle a mixed leaf salad with beetroot roasted in garlic and thyme croquettes with romesco sauce barbeques picnics and more. There we go again losing ourselves down the Rabbit Hole.

Located just outside Canterbury – which is twinned with Reims in the heart of Champagne and has very similar lime-rich chalky soils – you’ll discover Simpsons Wine Estate. This location is no happy accident; it’s a carefully orchestrated strategy that we predict will revolutionise the English Wine world. Ruth and Charles Simpson spent 17 years perfecting their art at their award-winning Domaine Sainte Rose in Languedoc before setting up their new venture in the stunning Elham Valley (a designated Area of Outstanding Beauty). This kind of winemaking pedigree is somewhat of a rarity in English wine as many of the recent surge in new winery openings have been set up by people who have made money in The City and are looking for a new challenge.

On visiting the Simpsons Wine Estate – which was bought in 2012 planted in 2014 and opened by Oz Clarke in 2016 – it’s the astonishing attention to detail that strikes you. A recent study by East Anglia University to identify the prime location for vineyards in the UK stopped short of giving exact coordinates for fear of the impact on land prices but hinted that the very best place was somewhere near Canterbury. When you look at Simpsons’ vineyards it’s hard not to think they’ve found the magical plots. This area of the North Downs has some of the highest sunshine hours in the UK their slopes are perfectly positioned to optimise sun capture and protect from winds and frosts the chalky soils are on the same seam that runs from Champagne and the maritime influence of the coast being just eight miles away results in a long slow ripening season that produces immensely complex grapes. While most English wineries use sparkling wine clones for their still wines Simpsons use clones much like the ones you’ll find in Chablis or Central Otago that are intended primarily for still wines; they bring in experts from France at great expense to help with planting bottling labelling and disgorgement; they employ top-of-the-line technology from their oxygen-free press to their in-house analytical tools; their fining is all vegan friendly; and finally but most importantly their winery is fitted with a spiral slide so that all visitors leave with a smile on their face. If you needed any further endorsement then it’s worth pointing out that Taittinger have recently planted vineyards in Kent and guess who they turned to process some of their first grapes? You’ve guessed it: Simpsons Wine Estate.


SKU No.: 3430881

Style No.: 875648

Country: England
Region: Kent
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Closure: Cork
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 12.5%
Volume: 750ml
Allergens: Sulphites

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