Digby Fine English Leander Pink
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ABOUT 2016 saw the addition of a new wine to Digbyโs range in the form of Leander Pink. This non-vintage rose was developed in collaboration with the Leander Club, the worldโs oldest open rowing club, which has nurtured some of Great Britainโs finest talent. Bearing the clubโs distinctive pink hue and hippo motif, Leander Pink offers an energetic, elegant but more laid back interpretation of the Digby house style. A proportion of sales from each bottle goes to support the Leander Academy, helping to produce the next generation of champions. The current release is an 80/20 blend of 2017 base wine and reserve wines. It was disgorged in October 2023. The grapes were hand-harvested from vineyards primarily in Dorset and Kent starting the second week of October. The bunches were whole-bunch pressed primarily to stainless-steel, though 6% of the final blend was fermented and aged in neutral French barriques. The rose color is achieved through judicious blending of white and red components. Malolactic fermentation is now fully carried out whereas the earlier bottlings it was blocked. The current vintage wine is then blended with 20% of older wine that has been aging in tank. The wine was bottled with a coarse filtration and fining and then hit with the liqueur de tirage spending a little over three years on lees aging and gaining complexity. The wines are disgorged to order and hit with a 12 gram dosage before aging for an additional six months on cork prior to release. DATA Grapes: 50% Pinot Noir - 35% Chardonnay - 15% Pinot Meunier Vineyard: Four sites throughout the North & South Downs: Primarily Dorset & Kent with supporting sites in Sussex & Hampshire Vine Age: Varied: Average 13-years-old Soil Type: Predominantly chalk & clay with a smattering of greensand Viticulture: Sustainable & conventional Fermentation: Inoculated โ 94% stainless-steel & 6% second use French barrique Skin Contact: 5 days for the Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier components Aging: Primary: 9 months in stainless-steel (94%) & second passage French barrique (6%) Secondary: 38 months in bottle Alcohol: 12% Residual Sugar: 12 g/L pH: 3.3 Total Acidity: 9.5 g/L Total SO2: 41 ppm Total Production: 3,333 cases UPC: 5060463800062 TASTING NOTE Light pink with a steady stream of small bubbles. The taste is designed to transport you riverside on a warm summerโs day. Ripe peach, strawberry, orange rind and red apples arrive with a statement. The wine is medium-bodied and quite incisive but still remains elegant with just the right amount of flesh. Ripe citrus and strawberry flavors linger nicely on the slightly spicy finish. PRESS Decanter | 93 Vinous | 91 Wine Enthusiast | 91