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2021 Pinot Noir, Lyme Bay Wine Republic

2024 Pinot Noir, Lyme Bay

Essex, England

English Velvet

Bright, finely etched and beautifully poised, this is Pinot Noir with real English confidence. Red cherry, cranberry and wild strawberry rise first, followed by rose petal, a hint of woodland spice and that gently earthy note that gives the wine its shape and seriousness. The palate is supple and refined, with silky red fruit, fresh acidity and a subtle savoury edge that keeps everything lifted and composed. There is concentration here, certainly, but it arrives with restraint, finishing long, elegant and quietly complex.

For when: the food is simple, the candles are lit, and the red needs grace rather than weight.
Pairs with: duck, roast chicken, grilled salmon, or mushroom dishes with herbs and butter.
If this wine were a place: an English hillside in early autumn, with cool air, pale light, and the last warmth still held in the ground.

Lyme Bay Winery has become one of the most exciting names in modern English still wine, helping push the category well beyond its once modest reputation. Working with carefully sourced fruit from some of England’s strongest vineyard sites, the winery has built a style based on ripeness, balance and precision. In the 2024 Pinot Noir, that approach feels especially persuasive, elegant, structured and clearly built to offer more than simple novelty.

Whats in the bottle
100% Pinot Noir

£36.95 - £36.95
£36.95
£36.95 - £36.95
£36.95
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Lyme Bay Winery is one of the leading names in modern English still wine, based in East Devon and founded more than 30 years ago. While the winery began with a broader drinks portfolio, it has become especially known for helping raise the profile of English still wine, working with a network of growers across the south of England to source high-quality fruit and craft wines with real precision and character. Lyme Bay describes itself as the most awarded English still wine producer based on awards since 2021 from major competitions, including the IWC, IWSC, Decanter World Wine Awards and WineGB, underlining just how far the estate has helped push the category forward.

What makes Lyme Bay so compelling is the way it combines ambition with accessibility. The house style is built around ripeness, balance and careful winemaking, producing still wines that feel confident, polished and unmistakably contemporary, while still reflecting the freshness and energy that make English wine so distinctive. Across Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and beyond, Lyme Bay has become a benchmark for what English still wine can be at its best.

Hand harvested between 30th October and 11th November from Dijon and Spätburgunder still wine clones, the grapes were sourced from vineyards near the River Crouch, which are unique in being able to ripen pinot noir. 2024 was a wetter than average year, but low yields ensured great levels of ripeness and concentration. Small batch fermentations were undertaken with 10% whole bunch fruit, manual pigéage (punch downs) took place up to 3 times a day to gently maximise the extraction of colour, flavour, and structure. The wine was then transferred to barrel for 100% malolactic fermentation. 32% new French oak was used with ageing over 8 months in barrel, the wine was then blended and left to settle several weeks before bottling. The wine has no fining, and only a light filtration to retain the delicate nuances of the fruit and oak.