Bacchus More Information
An intense, aromatic wine with tropicality, minerality, and characteristic English
hedgerow. Made from 100% Bacchus grapes, best served lightly chilled.
WINEMAKING NOTES
A beautiful, long, hot summer in 2020 enabled the grapes to fully ripen on the
vine, resulting in intensity of flavour and body.
The 2020 Bacchus blend included fruit from Essex, Kent, and Hereford.
Extended skin contact was used on specific parcels to enhance phenolics, before
each parcel was fermented in individual lots at temperatures ranging from 12°C
to 17°C, with selected yeast strains. After racking, the wines were selected and
blended, then left to rest on fine lees before final filtration and bottling in May
2021.
TASTING
Clear, pale lemon / light straw in colour.
NOSE
A heady nose of elderflower with an abundance of citrus, green mango and
blackcurrant leaf.
PALATE
A fresh and zesty wine, with a balanced, rounded body. Crisp acidity adds excellent
structure to the palate and lifts the light tropical and citrus character. Perfect with
seafood.
STYLE: Aromatic medium dry white ABV: 12% Vol Acidity: 7.2g/L
pH: 3.13 RS: 5g/L Variants: 100% Bacchus PDO/PGI: PGI
Volume: 6,518 bottles Fermentation vessels: 100% Stainless Steel
Vineyards: Great Whitmans (Essex); Sandhurst (Kent); Haygrove Evolution
(Herefordshire); Martin’s Lane (Essex); Missing Gate (Essex)
Awards: BRONZE- Independent English Wine Awards 2021, BRONZE- WineGB
Awards 2021
At Lyme Bay, we produce the best wines made from the best fruit grown by the best growers in the best
locations. We work with a group of outstanding growers with vineyards all over England who plant the
right grapes for the climate they are in to get the best ripeness to allow us the best raw materials to craft
outstanding wine to delight your palate.