Rethink PINK

CHARACTERISTICS

Our PINK NV is a delightful feint, pale onion skin pink with white peach. A delicate tone indeed but one that might better suit those who might be slightly more afeared of grasping a flute in a more lurid or gaudy pink. Is the colour important when it comes to the flavour? The simple answer is yes due to our in-built preconceptions as well as olfactory and visual biases. Research has concluded that colour is the major determinant of typicity, especially as there is no one single sensory profile of a typical sparkling rosé. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover ladies and gentlemen.

The nose carries the familiar characteristics that you might expect from a PINK sparkler - ripe red berry fruits, summery florals and added complexity garnered from using reserve wines of previous vintages to gift nuttiness and sweet spice- all held together in warm baguette breadiness.

While the aromas might be more or less expected it is the palate that continues to surprise in vivacity and versatility. Due to the long lees aging there is a rich roundness to the wine with notes of raspberry, cranberry and redcurrant. The texture is velvety and creamy yet it is the balance that comes from the acidity that really give this adroit wine a chance to shine. Dry and savoury, refreshing but persistent and most of all luxurious.

The PINK NV is a fresh and refreshing wine with layers of complexity which allows it to be a lovely drink to have on its own. These same attributes though allow for it to be paired with some extensively different foods.

PAIRINGS

The naturally higher acidity in our PINK NV gives it the ability to cut through rich sauces while also complementing lighter dishes like fresh salads, sushi, soft cheese or seafood. The dry acidity helps it pair especially well with greasy, fatty, fried and spicy dishes.

Fish and chips, cumin-spiced dahl, salmon sashimi, chicken schnitzel, lamb tagine, ham, egg and chips, oysters, goats cheese risotto… We could go on but at the risk of becoming a cheap impersonation of a Saturday morning TV chef. We haven’t yet even mentioned the obvious skill that the PINK NV has to pair with fruity desserts, cream and chocolate.

An award-winning wine with a versatile nature that doesn’t just belong in the warmer months.

OCCASIONS

Far be it from us to tell you what to do and when to do it. However, some of our habits are so deeply entrenched in our psyche and routine that we have forgotten to immerse in the joy of diversity or even spontaneity.

The PINK NV is not reserved solely for toasting a marriage, or New Year, with strawberries and cream or indeed for just ladies! It is a sophisticated expression of Burges Field made up of a 60/40 split of pinot meunier and pinot noir that can be enjoyed for all of it’s refreshing characteristics the year through.

How about enjoying our PINK NV on a relaxed evening at home with a new book or with your partner on the sofa whilst watching Gary Oldman’s grotesque turn as a British spy in Slow Horses. A long day toiling in the garden or at work, perhaps a glass of PINK NV might be the ticket for the evening tipple.

Special occasion or not, to enjoy the flavours and complexity of our PINK sparkling should be something you enjoy on a whim, when you wish and not when might have already been contrived…

We’ll leave that up to you of course.