Structure
Drinking window
Best 0 to 3 years from vintage.
vintage0 yrs3 yrs8 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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Asparagus
Bacchus is the English white that copes with a difficult vegetable. -
Sussex goat cheese
High acidity meets lactic tang directly. -
Fresh crab
Citrus aromatics keep sweet white crab meat bright.
Facts
- Producer
- Plumpton Estate · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Bacchus
- Oak
- Unoaked, from a vineyard plot on sandstone and clay soils
- ABV
- 11.5%
- Price
- GBP 25.95 at the college shop
- Drinking window
- 0-3 from vintage
Frequently asked about Plumpton Estate Bacchus
Where is Plumpton's Bacchus grown?
In a plot of the college's own vineyard on sandstone and clay soils under the Downs near Lewes, bathed in English summer daylight as the college puts it.
Why is Bacchus picked early at Plumpton?
Plumpton notes that Bacchus is one of the first few white varieties to ripen, which is part of why it works so reliably in the English climate.
What does Reserve Lot 324 mean?
Plumpton releases its Bacchus Reserve as numbered lots, so the lot number identifies the specific bottling rather than a vintage designation.