High Clandon Shakespearean Cuvée 2019

Sibylla and Bruce Tindale founded High Clandon in 2004. Sibylla is a true enthusiast of great champagnes and believes that the best of English sparkling wines can surpass those of France. They work with award-winning Winemaker and director of the Hattingley Valley Wine Estate, Emma Rice, to produce their Quintessence English bubbly.

What Is The Story Behind The Name Of Your ‘ Shakespearean’ Label?

“This answer applies across all our vintages from 2008*…each is named in the year it is degorged and released. We then choose a name that captures a major event in the English calendar in that year and must also reflect the style of the Cuvée – feminine or masculine, erect or curved…you get my drift!!?. Each one is unique as we are terroir-driven and do not follow a formula…so each ‘captures’ the vineyard in the year the grapes ripen and are harvested.

Shakespearean Cuvée 2019 vintage was named to mark the 400th anniversary of the printing of Shakespeare’s First Folio of his most noted and loved plays and sonnets. (This was spearheaded by his daughter and co-players of the Shakespeare troupe a few years after his death and in a quest to find and capture the original scripts.) The Cuvée is more ‘erect’ in nature. More blanc de blanc in nature, though it is a classic Cuvée. Delicious, authoritative, balanced and full-bodied. Hence, a masculine name!

*For example, our 1st vintage 2008 was named The Queen’s Jubilee Cuvée to mark the Queen’s 60th Diamond Jubilee, and it is still a magnificent aged vintage of 17 years! Drinking very well too. Then we sometimes move to Grecian mythology and capture the essence of bliss or happiness or beauty…so the names Elysium, Halcyon, Endymion, Euphoria, Aurora have been used by us for our vintages!” – Sibylla Tindale: Founder of High Clandon

“Frothy mousse delivering green apples, pears, kiwifruit, and a hint of fresh yeast, it’s all nicely balanced, with crisp acidity, and a light body.” – Glass of Bubbly

• English Sparkling Wine
• Vintage: 2019
• Style: Brut
• £43 per bottle
• Standard: £13 shipping
• Silver Medal – Zesty & Zingy

In The Vineyard, The 2019 Vintage: “A gilded result of 2019’s warm summer months made using the traditional Classic Method” – High Clandon

Along with offering tours and tastings, High Clandon do something rather more unique, which benefits their whole community, ‘Art & Sculptures In The Vineyard’.

“Art and Sculptures in the Vineyard was a concept to tie together the gorgeous taste of our Cuvée, to reach a market of like-minded lovers of sparkling wine and our delight in the arts of Surrey and beyond. This was a way of celebrating the release of our annual five-year-aged vintage every summer with great, happy, enticing art showing in our wildflower meadow, gardens, vineyard and Glass Barn…and then the realisation that a marvellous charity for children with severe disabilities, Cherry Trees based in our village of East Clandon could benefit too. So this circle of support has become a feature of our summer calendar. 10% of art sales go to Cherry Trees, the artists have a beautiful showcase for sculptures and paintings and do not pay any commission to us and we have the joy, and so do our visitors, of wonderful art. This year celebrates not only 20 years of the vineyard but also our 11th Art & Sculptures in the Vineyard event.” – Sibylla Tindale: Founder of High Clandon

Meet one of the founders of High Clandon in an exclusive Glass of Bubbly interview: High Clandon – Interview With Sibylla Tindale – Celebrating 20 Years!

Zesty & Zingy
A wine that will be citrus flavoured with a definite zing to it.