London Clay Brut
£16.75
The wine
English sparkling wine at a price that stops you in your tracks. Lively green apple, lemon zest and honeysuckle; crisp and focused, with white peach, citrus and crushed shell, the mouthfeel creamy yet taut through a long, chalky finish that shows real precision. Extraordinary value.
The producer
London Clay
View all London Clay winesLondon Clay is named for the geology it grows on: the heavy, mineral-rich seam that runs beneath Essex and out under the capital itself. Made in Essex, one of the driest and sunniest corners of Britain and increasingly the source of England's most exciting fruit.
The wines are traditional-method sparkling of real precision, and priced with a refreshing lack of ceremony. Chalk gets the headlines in English wine; clay, it turns out, has plenty to say for itself.






