Saffron Grange Classic Cuvée 2019 Essex

50% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier

Made in the traditional method (méthode champenoise) and aged for 30 months on the yeast lees.

Saffron Grange sits on the same chalk seam that runs all the way from Northern France’s renowned wine regions, up through Sussex and into Essex. Sussex may have put English sparkling wine on the map but East Anglia is where we believe some of the best English wines are coming from.

The vineyards, planted in 2008/2009, are on a deep, porous chalk bed, with thin overlying clay-loam soil developed on the surface which just covers the flinty, upper chalk.

This rare soil formation perfectly combines with the unique climate in this little pocket of England to create excellent conditions to grow grapes. In wet weather it provides excellent drainage, whilst holding enough moisture during the dry season to encourage the grapes’ flavour development ahead of harvest.