Structure
Drinking window
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
Aroma: elderflower
Palate: orchard fruit, citrus
A very special English organic and biodynamic white from 32 year old Rivaner vines, some of the oldest commercial vines in the county. Fine elderflower aromas lead to an intensely fresh fruit palate that the vineyard likens to Riesling.
What it pairs with
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Smoked eel
Riesling-like intensity and acidity stand up to a rich smoked fish. -
Pork schnitzel with lemon
Elderflower and fresh fruit meet fried pork and citrus. -
Asparagus
Aromatic English whites are the most reliable partner for a difficult vegetable.
Facts
- Producer
- Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Rivaner
- Oak
- Unoaked, from 32 year old Rivaner vines farmed organically and biodynamically
- ABV
- 11.0%
- Price
- GBP 24 at the vineyard
- Drinking window
- 0-5 from vintage
- Biodynamic
- Biodynamic Practicing
- Organic
- ORGANIC CERTIFIED
Frequently asked about Sedlescombe Old Vine
What is Rivaner?
Another name for Müller-Thurgau, a German crossing widely planted in England during the 1970s and 1980s. The vines behind this wine are 32 years old.
Is Sedlescombe Old Vine biodynamic?
The vineyard describes this bottling as an English organic and biodynamic white. Sedlescombe's organic certification is documented; no specific biodynamic certifying body is named for the wine.
What does Sedlescombe Old Vine taste like?
Fine elderflower aromas followed by an intensely fresh fruit palate that the vineyard compares to Riesling.