Structure
Drinking window
Best 3 to 20 years from vintage.
vintage3 yrs20 yrs22 yrs
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
In the glass
What it pairs with
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Turbot with hollandaise
Chardonnay weight and lees texture handle a butter sauce. -
Oysters
High acidity and chalk-grown fruit are the standard answer to brine. -
Roast chicken
Autolytic pastry notes meet roast bird and pan juices.
Facts
- Producer
- Breaky Bottom · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Chardonnay
- Oak
- Traditional method, single vintage, long cellar ageing at the vineyard before release
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- GBP 54 a bottle, sold as a case of six for GBP 324 at the vineyard
- Drinking window
- 3-20 from vintage
Frequently asked about Chardonnay Cuvee Geoffrey Aldred
Does Breaky Bottom grow Chardonnay as well as Seyval?
Yes. The vineyard bottles both, with Chardonnay and Chardonnay-Pinot cuvees alongside its founding Seyval Blanc releases.
How is the Chardonnay cuvee different from the Seyval?
Chardonnay gives a rounder, more orchard-fruited and classically autolytic wine, where long-aged Seyval keeps a leaner, more citric frame.
Is Breaky Bottom easy to find?
The vineyard sits in a fold of the Downs above Rodmell, reached by a chalk track, which is why collection is by appointment only.