Planting Year; 2006 & 2017
Varieties grown; Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier
Location; West Sussex South Downs
Elevation; 55 metres
Area; 1.58 ha (Just over 7000 vines)
Pruning; Single Guyot, vines pruned to seasonal vigour, gentle pruning
Soil
Lower Greensand
Folkestone Formation - Sandstone - Free draining & slightly acidic
Formed between 126.3 and 100.5 million years ago
Comprised of medium- and coarse-grained sandy soils, well-sorted cross-bedded sands and weakly cemented sandstones
Selbourne
Gault Formation - Mudstone - Base-rich slightly acid clay soil
Sedimentary bedrock formed between 113 and 100.5 million years ago
Pale to dark grey or blue-grey clay or mudstone, glauconitic in part, with a sandy base.
Planting Year; 2019
Varieties grown; Chardonnay
Location; Tonbridge Kent
Elevation; 65 metres
Area; <1 ha
Pruning; Double Guyot, vines pruned to seasonal vigour, gentle pruning
Soil
Lower Greensand
Atherfield Formation - Sandstone - Free draining & slightly acidic
Sedimentary bedrock formed between 126.3 and 113 million years ago
Ragstone, variably sandy with calcareous concretions; the formation includes beds of sandstone
Planting Year; 2023
Varieties grown; Pinot Blanc
Location; South Brent, Devon
Elevation; 95 metres
Area; <1 ha (4000 vines)
Pruning; Unproductive (two bud - gentle pruning)
Soil
Middle Devonian Slate
0313a Dunwell association - Devonian slate & quartz - Free draining & slightly acidic
Igneous bedrock formed between 393.3 and 382.7 million years ago
Dark red brown from iron oxide formed in Permian-Triassic desert conditions, sandy silty loam with weak blocky structure and high organic matter