Baker Street English Bacchus

Cod, lemon sole, white fish

This year we worked with a single vineyard in West Sussex to produce our unique expression of Bacchus. The grapes come from one of the best Bacchus sites in the country, just next door to the Tillington Nyetimber vineyards, and were grown by an expert team producing fruit of supreme quality. In 2020 the Bacchus grapes were very aromatic. When tasted directly from the vine they had a wonderful floral note, with the perfect natural sugar and acid balance for the culinary style we love to make.

All the Bacchus components were then aged on lees for 7 months, before being racked and blended.

Alex, our winemaker, has been working with Bacchus from this site for a few years now and has honed our approach to building wines of finesse. As an evolution to the previous vintages, 20% of the best fruit was hand sorted and foot stomped then macerated for 3 days pre-fermentation. This helps to build the weight and length of the wine, but also ensures aromatic intensity. 80% of the Bacchus was whole bunch pressed and fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. These fermentations each had different yeast used and varying temperatures of fermentation, each resulting wine had a specific place in mind in the final blend. One tank providing tropical thiol aromas of gooseberry & passionfruit, the other focusing on promoting the terpene aromas of rose petals and white citrus blossom. The skin contact component was hard-pressed and fermented in neutral oak, contributing to the aromatic complexity, texture, and length of the wine.

Tucked away down a little alleyway in SW6, the London Cru Winery is based in an old Victorian warehouse which was once a gin distillery. Whilst our surroundings are historic, innovation is at our core and we house precision temperature-controlled tanks and state-of-the-art winemaking facilities. London Cru is owned by Cliff Roberson and was the first urban winery in London opening in 2013. Since our launch, many of the London Cru wines have won prestigious WineGB and IWC awards and are listed in numerous Michelin star restaurants in London and beyond. We have shown the world that quality wines can be made right here in the Capital! As part of our new vision for London Cru, since 2017 our grapes have been exclusively sourced from English vineyards. We are excited about the future of English wines and love being the London heart of this movement. In the coming years, London Cru will continue to demystify wine and bring excitement to the London wine scene.