The Trouble with Dreams | Sugrue South Downs

An electric wine that crackles with nervous, citrus-infused energy and bursts out of the glass. A blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir, from two sites: 85% from Mount Harry vineyard and 15% from Storrington Priory Vineyard. “Storrington has more roundness, structure, and weight, while Mount Harry is steely, linear, and pure,” Dermot says. It has intense flavours of lemon meringue pie, salted butter and brioche and some stony mineral notes on the finish.

Region:

Sussex

Appellation:

South Downs

Variety / Blend:

Chardonnay: Pinot Noir:

Climate:

Maritime

Soils:

Predominately chalk with clay loam, small portion comes from sandy loam and greensand over chalk

Farming:

Sustainable

Altitude:

50-80 metres

Fermentation:

500 litre neutral Burgundy barrels

Ageing:

3.5 years on lees