"We kicked off with Late Disgorged Reserve Brut 2015 on the terrace".

This glorious summertime itinerary included:

Friday

A Dinner Worthy of Dionysus: An exceptional paired wine dinner, featuring show-stopping bottles dating back to 1953 (full line-up below). Overnight stay

Saturday

• Breakfast
• Morning swim in the sea
• Botanical (gin) tour and tasting at Fishers Distillery next door 
• Asparagus picking
• “Great White” BBQ lunch back at The Suffolk featuring freshly caught local seafood, paired with a selection of Grand Cru whites. 
• Boat trip to "Little Japan"

Dionysus Dinner Wines

• 2015 Gusbourne Brut Reserve Late Disgorged
• 1955 Château La Mission Haut Brion, Pessac-Leognan 100 pts RP/NM multiple times "wine of the vintage"
• 1953 Château Haut-Brion 99 pts JL "the type of wine that dreams are made of" 
• 1953 Château Pavie, Premier Grand Cru Classé “A” Saint Emilion 94 JL
• 1964 Hermitage La Chapelle Jaboulet 97 pts NM “Hermitage at its very best… Utterly transfixing”
• 1969 Hermitage La Chapelle Jaboulet 96 pts JLC
• 1964 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Biondi Santi 97 pts AG “Everything that Sangiovese in Montalcino is and can be”
• 1955 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Biondi Santi 95 pts AG “Haunting in its beauty... Remains unforgettable"   
• 1968 Vega Sicilia Unico 100 pts LG “one of the greatest”
• 1970 Marques de Murrieta Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial (MAGNUM) 94 pts LG 
• 1999 Riesling Eiswein Kiedricher Grafenberger Robert Weil 97 WS
• 1989 Vouvray Cuvee Constance Huet 19/20 JR 

Great White Lunch Grand Cru Whites 

• 2012 Frerejean Freres Cuvée des Hussards Extra Brut
• 2019 Chablis Grand Cru 'les Vaudésirs' Domaine Long-Depaquit
• 2020 Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru - By Pierre Meurgey
• 2020 Le Nardian, Grand Cru Saint Emilion
• 2006 Clemens Busch Marienburg 'Raffes' Grosse Lage