Digby Rose Brut 2014

Marianne Blom — English sparkling convert

9/10

I'll be honest I never really rated English sparkling wine until I tried this. There's so much going on — layers of flavour that kept surprising me. It's crisp and structured but not harsh at all. Digby clearly know what they're doing.

Luna Chavez — Decent, wanted to love it more

7/10

Saw this on a restaurant wine list and figured I'd try it. It's well made for sure, nice clean nose and good acidity. But at this price point I expected something that'd really blow me away and it was more quietly impressive than exciting, if that makes sense. Would still recommend trying it though.

Simon Hughes — Nice but bit steep

7/10

Had this at a friend's dinner party and thought it was really good — clean, fresh, quite complex for English sparkling. Looked it up afterwards and £48.50 is a lot though. I'd probably reach for a decent cremant at half the price for everyday drinking, but it is genuinely lovely stuff.