2006 Grosvenor Blanc de Blancs, Ridgeview Estate

The Sussex Downs continue to provide a rich seam of inspiration for the patriotic fizz drinker, their geological make-up informed by the same Portlandian sub-strata as Champagne itself, and their winemakers now assuming the confidence to exploit this happy coincidence. 2006, although we may not remember it thus, was a relatively warm summer, with, apparently 26 days when the temperature got over 29 degrees…..perfect for the ripening of Chardonnay! This is all confirmed with the Grosvenor, which marries citric with more tropical fruit on the nose, and has gentle flavours, which put one in mind of entering the Pâtisserie on a Spring day. Their best wine to date.
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)

Some would say that RidgeView makes the best sparkling wine in England and that’s by no means damning with faint praise because we’d defy most people to tell this fine fizz, with its citrus-zesty freshness, its tiny pinprick-bubbled moussse and the biscuity flavours derived from yeast autolysis from the real Champagne McCoy.
(The Wine Gang  - Sept 09)