2014 Sugrue Pierre The Trouble with Dreams Brut
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55% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir and 5% Pinot Meunier, partially fermented in old oak. Only 355 magnums produced, these were disgorged in February 2020 for late release.
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Neal Martin, Vinous
Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2014 The Trouble With Dreams has a 6g/L dosage and was bottled in January 2020. Fresh lemon zest, honeysuckle and sea spray notes furnish the nose, which shows impressive intensity and plenty of flinty/crustacean scents. The fresh, taut palate is quite marine-influenced and saline, particularly on the penetrating finish, which just calls out for a plate of fruits de mer . Excellent.
The 2014 The Trouble With Dreams has a 6g/L dosage and was bottled in January 2020. Fresh lemon zest, honeysuckle and sea spray notes furnish the nose, which shows impressive intensity and plenty of flinty/crustacean scents. The fresh, taut palate is quite marine-influenced and saline, particularly on the penetrating finish, which just calls out for a plate of fruits de mer. Excellent.
60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir from Storrington Priory Vineyard (West Sussex) and Mount Harry Vineyard (East Sussex). Pressed in a traditional Coquard basket press. 50% of the juice was fermented in a combination of old oak barriques and 500-litre puncheons, while the rest was fermented in stainless-steel tanks with malo. Dosage 6 g/l. So creamy, on both the nose and palate, like a bowl of roasted oatmeal stirred with thick cream and golden baked apples. Broad brush strokes of flavour lying against long, crisply defined, arrow-sharp acidity. Almost like cool melted butter with finely zested lemon peel and something a little herbal … summer savory. Fine, complex wine. (TC)
About the producer
As English sparkling wine breaks out onto the world’s stage, a few names already come to mind as beacons of quality and know-how. Dermot Sugrue’s eponymous label leads the charge.