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Our vineyards, overlooking Wateringbury, are perfectly positioned on the Greensand Ridge. We also have a weekly rotation of food partners at the winery every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with winery tours available every Saturday and some Sundays, and live music sessions on Fridays and Sundays.
With an ideal location to bring his passion for winemaking to fruition, William planted his vineyards within a year of his return from City life, then promptly built his winery down the road at Brewers Hall Oast, all the while spurred on by his aspiration to make Mereworth home to the finest of drinks: English Sparkling Wine.
Over the years, William has been completely immersed in all elements of the journey with a thoroughly hands-on approach to vineyard management and winemaking. As a source of continual inspiration for William, he has developed a unique understanding of these fields and strives to bring the best out of them, always looking to promote rural business here in Kent.
Mereworth Winery, housed in Brewer’s Hall Oast, is the place where we transform our grapes into quality English Sparkling Wine. Our stainless steel fermentation, aging and cold stabilisation tanks have a capacity of 35,000L , in which ourfuture vintages are being readied.
The vines benefit from the ideal viticultural growing conditions bestowed by the site’s aspect, elevation, climate and well-drained, rocky soil. First planted in 2016, we grow Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes. Historically, these three have proven a fabulous match for the climate and growing conditions here in Kent to make exceptional English Sparkling Wine. Once harvested and pressed, the grape juice is transferred to settling tanks for cool fermentation which helps retain the most delicate of the wines’ aromatics. Our wines include:-
Mereworth White from White which is made exclusively from Estate grown Chardonnay and crafted from a single vintage. With a careful balance of lees contact and aging, freshness is brought into harmony with complex flavours and delicate minerality. Chardonnay grows exceptionally well on the rocky slopes of the Greensand ridge where a carefully selected blend of Chardonnay clones and rootstocks produces exceptional fruit that embodies the crisp apple orchards that surround us, the tropical notes of a hot summer and a subtle hoppiness reminiscent of what was grown here before
Mereworth Pink is made from a blend of Estate grown Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier from a single vintage. This wine is intended to be both fun and fruity yet luxurious and bold.
Harvest Gin and Maroude aparitif :- We have brought an English vintner’s touch to a range of spirits, made at the winery and beautifully complimenting our wines. We aspire to continue pushing boundaries, redefining the English drinks market and elevating the profile of drinks made in our beautiful corner of England. Using equipment from our state-of-the-art winery, we craft our premium spirits and aperitif through the process of cold-compounding. Each botanic is carefully sourced and has been selected to bring harmony to the final product. ( See Maroude
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