Simpsons Pinot Noir Red 2020

Exuding a true sense of place, this elegant Pinot Noir is created from fruit specifically selected for its maturity and concentration. This wine displays inviting bright cherry aromas, dark berry fruit flavours and a silky smooth finish.

We planted the first 10 hectares of Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir on our estate in 2014. This is our Roman Road Vineyard, situated alongside the route the Romans first marched when invading England in AD 43, bringing with them the first vines. A further 20 hectares of the same three grape varieties were established on the southern slopes of the village during 2016 and 2017. This is our Railway Hill Vineyard, so called because the Canterbury to Folkestone light railway passed through this site in the late 19th and first half of the 20th Century.

A blend of low yielding Burgundian Pinot Noir clone 115 (85%) and 777 (15%) grapes were hand-picked during the 2020 harvest.