Blanc de Noirs

Enjoy with fresh oysters, caviar, great Cheese or for a slightly off pisté pairing try alongside an Indian curry.

Two years in the making….our winemaker Alex has just released his first London Cru sparkling wine. After working with Gusbourne, one of the UK’s most prestigious sparkling producers, making quality English sparkling was a huge priority for Alex in our Fulham winery. Made in the same traditional sparkling method of Champagne this wine was made from 100% Pinot Meunier grown in a single vineyard in the North Downs of Kent.

Alex felt that Pinot Meunier is often overlooked as a single variety, however, we love it as it provides wonderful fruit and richness. The grapes were hand-harvested, gently whole-bunch pressed and fermented in barrel and steel tanks. After fermentation, the wine went through full malolactic fermentation and was then bottled by hand for secondary fermentation. At this point, the bubbles of CO2 from the yeast are captured in the bottle and we begin the most important step of sparkling wine production….patience. For two years, the yeast lay in these bottles in contact with the wine, sitting quietly in a dark corner of our London winery.

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.