Matthew Jukes in matthewjukes.com "I recognised a serious step up in luminosity, cadence and silkiness."

"I have known Weyborne's commercial director William Sharpley for getting on for 38 years. Wine trade orbits intersect with encouraging regularity, often with never enough time for a chat, rarely more than a nod, but occasionally a glass or two of wine. William's extraordinary tenure set him up perfectly for a career move into our own wine trade, and he picked Nick Clarke's remarkable Weyborne Estate, which has been featured in this very magazine. I liked the 2018 Family Reserve Brut, but when I tasted 2019 Oriana with William last year, I recognised a serious step up in luminosity, cadence and silkiness. This wine is drinking perfectly already with generous patisserie notes among the charming orchard fruit tones. The packaging is beautiful, and the flavours continue in this vein" Wednesday Wines - Episode 27 - English Wine Week in matthewjukes.com by Matthew Jukes 25th June 2025