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Made on site solely from grapes grown at Wellhayes Vineyard, Wellhayes Sparkling Wine is a unique blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Reichensteiner. As we only use our own grapes, it means that each year is unique with a different balance between the grape varieties and indeed in some years, if the grapes are not good enough, we don’t make any wine at all.

Our first commercially available vintage was in 2014. This is a balanced wine with 35% Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier with 18% Pinot Noir and 12% Reichensteiner. It is dry – well within the limits of Extra Brut with sugar at 3g/L – with a gentle acidity and is particularly good paired with salmon and cucumber.
Our 2016 sparkling is very different in style to the 2014, yet produced from the same grape varieties using exactly the same wine-making process. It is much more Chardonnay based than its 2014 cousin. With 60% Chardonnay and, with 20% Reichensteiner and only 10% Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, it is like a blanc de blancs in character.