Biddenden Schoenburger 2019 English White Wine

Sweet, Lychee, elderflower & honey flavours, this is not only an exceptional English Sweet wine but also won a Gold medal at the 2020 Sommelier Wine Awards. Produced from the German grape variety of the same name, Schönburger is a light blush fruity sweet wine made with late harvest grapes which have been left on the vine to develop higher natural sugars. The Biddenden Schoenburger 2019 is a wine with a wonderful, grapey, apple and pear fruit and a wonderful pure style with a light sweetness which will be a perfect marriage with the pear fruit, meld with the white chocolate mousse and enhance the butterscotch and granola. A perfect combo or just enjoy ice cold as an aperitif! 9% ABV The Biddenden vineyard is Kent’s oldest vineyard still in production and is owned by the Barnes family. The fields are in the High Weald of Kent to the south east of Ashford and soil is primarily clay loam, very different from the chalk soils of the Downs. In the past the farm produced soft and tree fruits but now concentrates on growing grapes. The historic connection with apples also means that alongside wine the estate produces fruit juices and cider. As one of the grape growing pioneers the Barnes family planted a range of varieties including Ortega and Bacchus but also red varieties such as Dornfelder and Gamay.