The Winery Chapel Down of Kent of England

Winery Chapel Down - Classic Brut (Non Vintage)
The winery offers 63 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of England.
It is located in Kent in the region of England

The Winery Chapel Down is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 63 wines for sale in of Kent to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Chapel Down wines

Looking for the best Winery Chapel Down wines in Kent among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Chapel Down wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Chapel Down wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Chapel Down

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Chapel Down

How Winery Chapel Down wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of marinated shrimp sautéed asian style, baked chestnuts or fish fillets in papillotes.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Chapel Down

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Chapel Down. often reveals types of flavors of cream, vegetal or honey and sometimes also flavors of hazelnut, straw or gooseberry. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Chapel Down. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Chapel Down

  • 2011With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.08/5
  • N.V.With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Chapel Down.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Meunier
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Bacchus

Discovering the wine region of Kent

The wine region of Kent is located in the region of England of United Kingdom. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Chapel Down or the Domaine Chapel Down produce mainly wines sparkling, white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Kent are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Ortega, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Kent often reveals types of flavors of apples, nectarine or toasted bread and sometimes also flavors of white pepper, chocolate or vanilla.

In the mouth of Kent is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble. We currently count 20 estates and châteaux in the of Kent, producing 116 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Kent go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish.

The top white wines of Winery Chapel Down

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Chapel Down

How Winery Chapel Down wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of rabbit in white wine (casserole), mackerel in white wine or mussels with roquefort cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Chapel Down

On the nose the white wine of Winery Chapel Down. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, honey or apples and sometimes also flavors of green apple, minerality or pepper.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Chapel Down

  • 2018With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.81/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Chapel Down.

  • Bacchus
  • Chardonnay
  • Albariño
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Reichensteiner
  • Schönburger

Discover the grape variety: Dornfelder

German, intraspecific cross made in 1955 by August Karl Herold (1902-1973) between the helfensteiner and the heroldrebe (more details, click here!). With these same parents he also obtained the hegel. The Dornfelder can be found in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Canada, United States, ... . Virtually unknown in France, we nevertheless recognize a certain interest in it due to its short phenological cycle and the quality of its wines, both rosé and red.

The top pink wines of Winery Chapel Down

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Chapel Down

How Winery Chapel Down wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork tenderloin with mushroom sauce, salted lentils or quick duck breast with honey.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Chapel Down

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Chapel Down. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Chapel Down

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Chapel Down.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Meunier
  • Dornfelder
  • Regent
  • Rondo

The word of the wine: Sweet

Wine with a slightly sickening sweetness.

The top red wines of Winery Chapel Down

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Chapel Down

How Winery Chapel Down wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef fashion, express couscous in a pressure cooker or roast pork confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Chapel Down

On the nose the red wine of Winery Chapel Down. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Chapel Down. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Chapel Down

  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Chapel Down.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Tempranillo
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Bacchus
  • Rondo

Discover the grape variety: Pinot

Pinot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Pinot noir can be found in many vineyards: Burgundy, Alsace, Jura, South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Armagnac, Lorraine, Beaujolais, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica.

The top sweet wines of Winery Chapel Down

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Chapel Down

How Winery Chapel Down wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Chapel Down

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Chapel Down. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or floral.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Chapel Down

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Chapel Down.

  • Reichensteiner
  • Schönburger
  • Bacchus
  • Siegerrebe

The word of the wine: Reasoned (agriculture)

Conventional agriculture but concerned with limiting synthetic treatments as much as possible.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Chapel Down

Planning a wine route in the of Kent? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Chapel Down.

Discover the grape variety: Rondo

An interspecific cross between Zarya Severa (Sayanets Malengra x Amurensis) - a Russian variety - and Saint Laurent, obtained in 1964 by Vilem Kraus (Czech Republic) and then tested at the Geisenheim Research Institute (Germany). It can be found in Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, England, Ireland and Switzerland, but is virtually unknown in France.

News about Winery Chapel Down and wines from the region

Sussex winery sweeps the board at WineGB Awards

Artelium clinched the Newcomer of the Year award, and then went on to win trophies for the best Blanc de Blancs and the Top Sparkling Wine of 2022. It was finally crowned Supreme Champion at the WineGB Awards for its Blanc de Blancs 2015. Mark Collins and Julie Bretland, a husband-and-wife team, launched Artelium after quitting their jobs to follow their passion for wine. They started out by purchasing grapes from growers, but they now have 85,000 vines spread across an 18ha estate in Sussex. Ar ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Sussex wine producers celebrate after earning PDO status

Producers including Rathfinny, Ridgeview and Bolney embarked upon their quest to turn Sussex into an appellation back in 2015. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has now finally recognised Sussex wine as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). It will enter the register on 5 July, 2022, giving Sussex wine the same legal status as Jersey Royal potatoes, Cornish clotted cream and Stilton cheese. Mark Driver, the former hedge fund manager who set up Rathfinny Wine Estat ...

The word of the wine: Sweet

Wine with a slightly sickening sweetness.