Seyval Blanc
Seyval Blanc is a French hybrid white grape created in the early 20th century from Seibel 5656 × Rayon d’Or. It has become one of the most successful grapes in cool-climate vineyards across England, Wales, Canada, and the US, thanks to its reliable yields, frost resistance, and disease tolerance.
In style, Seyval Blanc produces wines that are light to medium-bodied with fresh acidity and flavours of citrus, green apple, gooseberry, and subtle herbaceous notes. Unoaked examples are crisp and refreshing, while barrel-aged versions can show more rounded textures and hints of vanilla or cream. It is also widely used as a base for English sparkling wines, where its bright acidity and clean fruit make it especially valuable.
For UK drinkers, Seyval Blanc is versatile and approachable. It pairs beautifully with seafood, chicken, goat’s cheese, and summer salads, making it a true staple of modern English winemaking.
Denbies Flint Valley (6 Bottles) Dorking, Surrey, England
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A lively nose of lime zest and ripe pear leads to a fresh and vibrant citrus palate with good minerality and well balanced acidity.
Crisp, dry with hints of Vanillin oak, the wine is perfectly suited to be paired with seafoods and summer salads.
Composition:
Seyval Blanc and Reichensteiner.
Denbies Whitedowns Sparkling NV (6 Bottles) Dorking, Surrey, England
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Made largely from traditional English Varieties like Seyval and Reichensteiner it has a large dollop of Pinot Noir to enhance its structure, hints of lemon curd and apple tart with a creamy long finish.
Produced each year in the traditional method the wine spends a minimum of 2 years on lees before disgorging.
Halfpenny Green Black Country Gold (6 Bottles) Bobbington, Staffordshire, England
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Straw-coloured in the glass, with grapefruit and honeyed aromas. The sweetness carries on the palate, with apricots and dessert pears tickling the taste buds.
Serve
Pairs well with aromatic Asian and North African dishes, or along with mild to medium blue cheeses.
Grape Variety
Blend, incl. Seyval Blanc, Madeline Angevine and Reichensteiner
Llanerch Poplar (6 Bottles) Pontyclun, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
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Llanerch Estates Poplar blend is made from carefully selected grapes nestled between the poplar trees and the farm house. The poplar trees create a microclimate that produces a delicious off-dry white wine with great acidity and citrus notes.
An off-dry white wine balanced perfectly with plenty of citrus fruit flavours on the palate and a refreshing finish. Perfect on its own or enjoyed with seafood and light dishes.
Melbury Vale Sparkling Wine Decadence (6 Bottles) Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
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A single vineyard blend of Seyval Blanc and Pinot Noir. On site at Melbury Vale Vineyard we have one block of established Seyval Blanc vines and one block of established Pinot Noir vines. While Pinot Noir is traditionally used in sparkling wine, Seyval Blanc has become a go-to English preference for sparkling production. Pinot Noir and Seyval Blanc at Melbury Vale ripen about the same time and are checked for sugar levels that are ideal for sparkling. This wine is a pale coral pink color with fine bubbles typical of a high quality English sparkling wine. On the nose there are aromas of fresh summer berries and meadow flowers, and on the palate there are bright notes of ripe strawberry, watermelon, and lime zest.
Food Pairings: Dorset shellfish dishes, smokey pulled pork, and with cake after tea.
Poulton Hill Bulari White (6 Bottles) Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
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The word Bulari is derived from the Latin word Bullarum, meaning bubbles. The Cotswolds, in which the Poulton Hill Estate is located, is steeped in Roman history, with the Roman town of Cirencester close by.
A beautiful pale gold in appearance, this Bulari has a vibrant nose of freshly cut green apple and pear with citrusy notes of orange peel, lemon and hints of lime zest. The palate is filled with mouth-watering fruits of juicy apple at the forefront, hints of grapefruit and lemon (sherbet) together with a fine mousse creates a wonderfully well rounded mouthfeel with a crisp, clean finish.
65% Seyval Blanc, 35% Pinot Noir
Shotley Vineyard Sparkling Wine 2023 (6 Bottles) Ipswich, Suffolk, England
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This single vineyard Charmat method wine is made from Chardonnay, Auxerrois, Seyval Blanc and Reichensteiner grapes.
These grape varieties bring together the oldest and newest planting in the vineyard, ranging from vines planted in the mid 90's through to the Chardonnay planted in 2010. Combining French and Germanic grape varieties to deliver a unique blend which delivers a fruit forward style with notes of green apple and stone fruit with a dry and refreshing finish.
