#347 The first Biodynamic wine from England

In the week that it was announced that Her Majesty The Queen was to plant vines at Windsor, I tried the first certified Biodynamic wine from England, the 2010 Sedlescombe First Release.

This blend of Bacchus, Rivaner and Solaris, it offers out fresh underripe pear and banana skin.  A light buttery note too, with lemongrass.  A clean palate, some lemon, grapefruit and  little bit of granite coming through the sweeter apple flavours.  A little bit of alcohol, but it cleans up quite well for a long finish peppered with sweet and minerally notes.  7/10

The main thing you should take from this is it doesn't matter if it is biodynamic, English or made from three grape varieties that everywhere seems to shun, this is a bloody good wine.  Maybe it is a couple of pounds overpriced at £13, but I can forgive this  as English wine is a cottage industry and that you would be happy paying £30 for this in a restaurant.

Winemaker, and English Organic pioneer, Roy Cook has done a really good job here, and should be rightly proud of his creation.

Sedlescombe Website