United Kindom Flashcards
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Grapes
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Sussex PDO
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- Split into East and West Sussex.
- Famous for Sparkling wines
- Soils are South Down Chalk (Calcareous) and Greensand (Marine Sediment)
- Uses classic champagne grapes aged min 15mths.
- Blanc de Noir and Blanc de Blanc must be 90% min of Pinot or Chard
- Nyetimber and Ridgeview are most famous from Sussex
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Kent
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- Makes Sparkling wine from Champagne grapes with additions of Bacchus and Ortega.
- First winery to plant in Kent was Taittinger in 2015
- The most famous winery is Chapel Down
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Surrey
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- Makes Sparkling wine from Champagne grapes with additions of Bacchus
- Surrey Hills with its Chalk soils is the main area.
- Denbie Estate oldest in 1984
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Hampshire
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- Sparkling wine from Champagne grapes.
- Hattingley Valley in 2008 is most famous. Partnered with Pommery
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South West
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- 1 PDO: Darnibole PDO
- Located in Cornwall.
- 100% Bacchus Still Dry White Wine
- Must be produced at Camel Valley Winery and bottled in Screwcap
- Cornwall
- Cornish Riviera moderates climate and most grapes are planted in Camel Valley.
- Champagne varieties, Seyval Blanc and Reichensteiner are most planted.
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East Anglia, Wales and Scotland
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- East Anglia
- Made up of 2 counties: Norfolk and Suffolk
- Bacchus is the main grape.
- Wales
- Produces Still and Sparkling wines from Champagne varietals, Pinot Noir Precoce
Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris - Scotland
- First plantings in Fife near Edinburgh by Chateau Largo released in 2015. Hybrid
varieties. - Some Black Muscat in the Outer Hebrides by Chateau Hebrides
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Famous Producers &
Wines
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