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
What it pairs with
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Native oysters
Salinity and racy acidity are the textbook match for cold shellfish. -
Turbot with brown butter
Barrel texture gives the wine the weight a rich fish course needs. -
Aged Comte style cheese
The wine's electric acidity cuts through a nutty hard cheese.
Facts
- Producer
- Sugrue South Downs · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Chardonnay
- Oak
- Base wines held in younger French oak barriques alongside older, larger demi-muids; malolactic fermentation avoided entirely in ripe years; disgorged with a low dosage of 6 grams per litre
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- GBP 49 at the winery
- Drinking window
- 2-20 from vintage
Frequently asked about The Trouble With Dreams
What is The Trouble With Dreams?
It is Sugrue South Downs' flagship single-vintage sparkling wine. Dermot Sugrue planted his first vineyard at Storrington Priory in 2006, setting out to make single-vintage sparkling wine on South Downs chalk in the style of the grower Champagnes of the Cote des Blancs.
How is The Trouble With Dreams made?
Base wines see younger French oak barriques alongside older, larger demi-muids. In ripe vintages such as 2022 malolactic fermentation is avoided entirely, and the wine is disgorged with a low dosage of 6 grams per litre.
Which grape leads the blend?
Chardonnay. Sugrue describes its single-vintage sparkling cuvees as Chardonnay-led; the exact blend proportions are not published.