LANGHAM ESTATE

Tommy Grimshaw makes excellent sparkling wines and the Culver is bracing and refined, with floral notes and white apple, finishing soft and clean.Will Lyons, The Sunday Times (Dec 2023)

65% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Meunier from their own estate vineyards in Dorset. The grapes for the base vintage were picked in October 2020 and gently pressed in whole bunches. Press fractions were carefully separated and left to naturally settle for 24 hours. Primary fermentation, with indigenous yeasts, took place in a combination of stainless-steel tanks and used oak barrels, followed by complete malolactic fermentation. After seven months the final blend, complete with reserve wine, went into their 4,000-litre concrete tanks. It was then bottled for the secondary fermentation and left to age on lees for a minimum of 14 months. Disgorged 19 January 2023. Dosage 3 g/l. 77% 2020.
Full, rich and broad but deeply etched with lime-and-stone acidity. The richness is deliciously dense; cream and biscuits. Like scooping warm cream cheese up from a pot with a malty sweet, whole-grain cracker; like New York cheesecake. A bold wine with bold impact. This would be very good with aged hard cheese or something like gougères. (TC) 12%
Drink 2023 – 2027 Drinking range: 2023 - 2027 Rating: 17 Tamlyn Currin - www.JancisRobinson.com (Dec 2023)

Impressive from the word go, this rich, round, youthful but complex Dorset sparkler has a creamy mousse and attractive aromas of toast, butter and red apple. Langham is one of just a few homegrown estates that can rival Champagne. This is their Pinot Noir-dominant blend, mainly from the 2020 base vintage (with 23 per cent reserve wine). Magnificently crafted. The hits keep coming!James Viner, Times of Tunbridge Wells (Oct 2023)

Langham is one of a select few English estates to rival Champagne. This cuvée has red apple and rich, buttery, toasty flavour. Will Lyons, The Sunday Times (Apr 2023)

51% Pinot Noir, 35% Pinot Meunier, 14% Chardonnay. 83% of the blend is 2019, 17% is reserve wine. Dosage 1 g/l when it was disgorged on 20 April 2022. A QR code explains all. Much fuller and broader than Corallian (Culver is another chalk strata on the estate). There's a bit more putty character and this Pinot-dominant cuvée is fuller than Corallian. Almost like a rosé. Long and quite powerful. Really complete. Drinking range: 2022 - 2026 Rating: 17 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Nov 2022)

Langham was one of the standout estates at this year’s WineGB tasting. Tommy Grimshaw crafts beautifully textured wines and this cuvée is no exception: bright and elegant, with a hint of wild flowers and apple.Will Lyons, The Sunday Times (Oct 2021)

Beautifully crafted Dorset fizz, 55 per cent pinot noir, which shows in the raspberry aroma, and layers of red apple and black cherry ice cream. Tiny satin-like bubbles and crisp acidity on the finish. And for such quality, £27.50 is actually very good value.Susy Atkins, The Telegraph (Jul 2021)