Ortega Late Harvest 2018
Ortega Late Harvest 2018
Ortega Late Harvest 2018

Ortega Late Harvest 2018

£122.00

Aromatic, sweet, produced with the sweetest grape must recorded in UK
  • 37.5cl
  • Case of 12
Colour: Colour icon
Glass: Glass icon
Body icon Body
LowHigh
Fruit icon Fruit
LowHigh
Acidity icon Acidity
LowHigh
Dry/Sweet icon Dry/Sweet
DrySweet
ABV icon ABV
10.0%
Temp icon Serving
7-9°C
Contains sulphites
Tasting Notes

With a distinctive light colour, due to a short pick to press time, displaying floral aromas with complex nectar, honey & butterscotch notes on the palate. The finish is long, clean & crisp with the tiniest hint of black pepper on the tongue.

Produced using our signature variety, Ortega, this sweet wine showcases the very best of the spectacular 2018 harvest.
Delivery Information

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Biddenden Vineyards

Winemaker Notes

"A select parcel of Ortega grapes were left on vine until late October, allowing raisining to develop, condensing the natural sugars of the fruit.  Once pressed, the wine underwent a cool fermentation, stopped at 10% vol leaving a residual sugar of 122g/l – believed to be the highest naturally occurring sugar levels ever recorded by a UK vineyard.  American oak barrels were used for 6 weeks post fermentation before bottling.

Having spent 2 1/2 years in bottle, we feel we have captured all that was great about the 2018 vintage, and this wine is ready to be enjoyed now but may also be laid down to develop for a further 10 years.

A limited edition release, this wine is perfect for collectors, wrapped in luxury tissue paper and sealed in an elegant navy presentation tube.
 
...mind-bendingly stunning and multi-layered with exoticism, succulence and creaminess all balanced with epic acidity. This is a must for every serious sweet wine fan in the world.
– Matthew Jukes, Vineyard Magazine
 
Very pretty nose; quince, pear-jam, lilies.  Succulent sweetness and yet it has a watercolour delicacy.  More of that pear jam; dried pears, nougat and icing-sugar-dusted, pistachio-studded Turkish delight.  Tiny droplets of intense clementine sweet-sharpness glittering through the satin fabric of wine.
– Tamlyn Currin, JancisRobinson.com

Score: 17 – Superior"
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