Brut 2020 Cuvée Robert Louth
First disgorgement: December 2024
First release date (after being left ‘on cork’) : June 2025
Pressed, fermented and bottled at Offbeat Wines by our winemaker, Daniel Ham. The grapes were hand-harvested and whole bunch pressed. The wine underwent a secondary fermentation in bottle and then spent 40 months on its yeast lees and a further 6 months resting ‘on cork’ — much longer than usual. In the spring of 2020 (Lockdown Year) we suffered a catastrophic frost in late May, yet the summer was long and fabulous. Consequently, a very small harvest. Disgorged in December 2024 and released in June 2025. Named after Robert Louth, my vineyard partner (1953-2024). An unrepeatable vintage just like the man.
First disgorgement: December 2024
First release date (after being left ‘on cork’) : June 2025
Pressed, fermented and bottled at Offbeat Wines by our winemaker, Daniel Ham. The grapes were hand-harvested and whole bunch pressed. The wine underwent a secondary fermentation in bottle and then spent 40 months on its yeast lees and a further 6 months resting ‘on cork’ — much longer than usual. In the spring of 2020 (Lockdown Year) we suffered a catastrophic frost in late May, yet the summer was long and fabulous. Consequently, a very small harvest. Disgorged in December 2024 and released in June 2025. Named after Robert Louth, my vineyard partner (1953-2024). An unrepeatable vintage just like the man.
First disgorgement: December 2024
First release date (after being left ‘on cork’) : June 2025
Pressed, fermented and bottled at Offbeat Wines by our winemaker, Daniel Ham. The grapes were hand-harvested and whole bunch pressed. The wine underwent a secondary fermentation in bottle and then spent 40 months on its yeast lees and a further 6 months resting ‘on cork’ — much longer than usual. In the spring of 2020 (Lockdown Year) we suffered a catastrophic frost in late May, yet the summer was long and fabulous. Consequently, a very small harvest. Disgorged in December 2024 and released in June 2025. Named after Robert Louth, my vineyard partner (1953-2024). An unrepeatable vintage just like the man.
Medals won to date for our vintage Brut
Tasting notes
‘An opulent and pronounced nose of bruised orchard fruits, kefir, toasted lime, and yellow plum. Raspberry sorbet in support from the 40% pinot noir inclusion. In common with the rosé — perhaps becoming a trademark of the house style — a faint 'Middle Eastern' quality presents in orange blossom and pomegranate. ‘How can this wine only be 11.5%? It has the weight, power and gastronomic quality of a vintage champagne. Broad and powerful, almost heady, with burnt orange rind, toasted sourdough, stewed apple & sultana, and an almost brandy-like quality on the finish. The extended lees ageing here (40 months) has certainly defined the style, bringing a deep autolytic character to the palate. But not as cover up — more as well applied make-up — just enough to bring out the natural features of this most extraordinary vintage. A wine for gastronomes.’
Polly Gibson DipWSET Certified Educator, June 2025
Technical information
Harvest: October 2020 whole-bunch pressed
Cépage: Chardonnay 50%, Pinot Noir, 41%, Pinot Meunier 9%
Bottled: August 2021
Disgorged: December 2024
On Lees: 40 months
On Cork: 6 months
ABV: 11.5%
Acidity: 9.3 g/L,
Dosage: 5.6g/L
Bottles: Limited to 600
Delivery details
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