Structure
Drinking window
Best 2 to 15 years from vintage.
vintage2 yrs15 yrs17 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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Roast duck with cherries
Power and red fruit weight stand up to duck fat and a fruit sauce. -
Barbecued quail
Char and game meat suit a Pinot-dominant, full-bodied rose. -
Baked Vacherin
The wine has enough weight for a molten washed-rind cheese.
Facts
- Producer
- Digby Fine English · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir (58%), Pinot Meunier (22%), Chardonnay (20%)
- Oak
- Traditional method vintage rose; no oak regime published
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- GBP 60 at the tasting room
- Drinking window
- 2-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Digby Vintage Rose Brut
What goes into Digby Vintage Rose Brut?
Fifty eight per cent Pinot Noir, 22 per cent Pinot Meunier and 20 per cent Chardonnay in the 2018 release.
Where does the fruit come from?
Digby says the 2018 vintage rose carries the first grapes harvested from Digby's Hilden Vineyard in Kent, blended with fruit from its partner vineyards.
How does it differ from Leander Pink?
Leander Pink is a non-vintage, lighter, more immediate pink fizz. The Vintage Rose is a declared-year wine with far more Pinot weight and red fruit power.