I bought this fine wine at a local farmers' market. It represents all that is best in English wine. We served it as an aperitif and I saved a little for dessert.
The wine is made from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes. The colour of the wine was almost golden. The bubbles were fine and the wine had a yeasty, tangy, fruity aroma with an umami flavour. Like all good wine it was complex and concentrated and had a long length on the palate. It had well balanced acidity. The wine was dry or brut.
My wife is from Champagne and could not resist making a comparison with her favourite aperitif. Springfield does not taste exactly like Champagne but it is very similar. We know producers who make a stronger tasting Champagne and many people from France like this style of wine. Springfield has got plenty of flavour and it suits my taste buds perfectly. My wife really thought it tasted great and so did our guests.
The West Fisher winery uses grapes from a number of vineyards from the South East of England. This wine production model is also used in Champagne. The wine is blended and the wine maker obviously has a good palate and hopefully he or she can maintain a consistent house style over the coming years.
The improving climate, from a wine maker's point of view, and the soil are starting to produce really good conditions for growing sparkling wine grapes but provided that the winters do not become too mild. Hopefully, West Fisher wineries can produce great wines for many decades to come.
The price of the wine is around £17 a bottle and it is great value for money. You are getting a high quality wine with a distinctive taste and fine bubbles. This is a wine for a celebration. We shall be drinking another bottle with our family over the Christmas period.
When you see it do not hesitate as it compares favourably with the other superb English Sparkling Wines all of which need a brand name if they are to take off. I rather like Weald Wine.
http://www.westfisher.co.uk/
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