Christmas Champagne Dinner, Tuesday 17th December 2024

Christmas Champagne Dinner, Tuesday 17th December 2024

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Christmas Champagne Dinner, Tuesday 17th December 2024

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Join us in our Sussex Cellar for a Christmas dinner paired exclusively with fine Champagnes. Guided by an expert host, you'll experience a curated selection of exceptional Champagnes, from prestigious grandes marques to under-the-radar grower producers that have captivated collectors worldwide. This exquisite dinner will feature hidden gems from across the region, perfectly matched with a delicious seasonal menu crafted by our Head Chef, Stewart Turner. We hope you'll join us to usher in the festive season on an ebullient note in our historic cellars at No. 3.

Wines to be tasted: 

Apéritif: Berry Bros. & Rudd Champagne by Mailly, Grand Cru, Brut

Champagne Gosset, Blanc De Blancs, Brut

Champagne Ruinart, Blanc de Blancs, Brut

2018 Champagne Leclerc Briant, Millésime, Extra Brut

2010 Champagne Fleury, Millésimé, Extra Brut

2005 Champagne Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne, Blanc de Blancs, Brut

Champagne Krug, Grande Cuvée, 172ème Édition, Brut

Dress code: smart casual

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Join us for one of our fine dining evenings. A perfect way to find out more about a specific wine region or style, or to simply relax over a more leisurely affair absorbing the knowledge of your expert host over several courses of the finest food and wine.

Food will be prepared in-house by our fantastic team, with Head Chef Stewart Turner at the helm; while our range of wine specialists will guide you through the glass in your hand.

When is a wine ready to drink?

We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.

Not ready

These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.

Ready - youthful

These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.

Ready - at best

These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.

Ready - mature

These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.