Harrow & Hope Brut Reserve No 9

Get to know: Harrow & Hope Brut Reserve No 9

Tasting Note

Harrow and Hope's Brut Reserve is a multi-vintage blend that uses fruit from all varieties and areas of their single vineyard to produce a wine that displays the unique qualities of the whole site. Using reserve wines, aged in oak, that have been carefully built up and nurtured from our very first harvest, they add layers of complexity and texture to each wine. Every numbered release has it’s own identity and make up, which we love to celebrate. No 9 is based on 2020 which was their first year trialling organics and the season produced a small but incredibly ripe and concentrated level of fruit.

Try this as an aperitif or with shellfish.

Kate Says

"Here we have a great English Sparkling wine that's worth celebrating. We love this winery. Based down in Marlow, it's run by a husband and wife team. Their Brut Reserve is great quality. Pure, fresh and elegant, it's an absolute belter."

Producer Info

Over half a million years, their part of the Chiltern Hills has been shaped by the retreating Thames, leaving behind an environment ideal for creating world-class sparkling wine. Alas, the same flint rocks that make their single vineyard estate a dream for Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, also make it a nightmare to work and cultivate – as two broken harrows testify. But then nothing worth treasuring ever came easy.

Grown, picked and expertly blended by the same team on the same site, each glass of Harrow & Hope is a tribute to traditional method viticulture and winemaking, to the unique characteristics of Marlow and to the spirit of adventure.

Once again this wine comes from plots from every part of the vineyard and so is the best representation of the whole site. Combining this with 20% reserve wines you really start to see the complexity of the different soil types and how they show up in all the wines.

Blend: 40% Pinot Noir 40% Chardonnay 20% Pinot Meunier
Reserves: 4% 2017, 12% 2018, 24% 2019
Lees Ageing: Min 34 months.
Total Acidity: 8.2g/L
Residual Sugar: 7.7g/L