BREAKY BOTTOM English Sparkling Seyval Blanc - Brian James
2018 • 750ml • 11.5%
- England > Sussex
- Seyval Blanc
- Salted almonds
This sparkling Seyval Blanc are truly underrated, and begs the question why we don't seem more all over the place. There is a lovely tension, with linear acidity that opens up with notes of crunchy green apple and umami!
COLIN'S NOTE
From the OG of sparkling Seyval Blanc - Peter Hall at Breaky Bottom Estate. One of the great characters in the UK wine industry.
IN SHORT
On the "must-try" English list. Iconic.
BREAKY BOTTOM
Breaky Bottom is the stuff of English wine legend. Picture a secret valley straight out of Tolkien, and one man, Peter Hall, stubbornly making sparkling wine there since the 70s while everyone else thought he was mad. Turns out he was right. Breaky Bottom has since been crowned an English icon, landing in Olly Smith’s top 100 wines to try before you die and picking up more critical nods than we can count. he champions grapes, like Seyval Blanc, where others follow trends. A true slice of English Wine history.
