Natural mineral water — Hampshire, England
Beneath the rolling hills of the Test Valley, rain falls and time begins.
Filtered slowly through ancient chalk, our water emerges exceptionally pure, crisp and naturally still.
Bottled at source on the Hildon Estate.
Water profile
Drawn from a protected aquifer and filtered through ancient chalk for roughly fifty years, Hildon is naturally balanced with essential minerals. Its clean, neutral palate complements fine food and wine.
Values in mg/L unless stated otherwise.
Minerality
350 mg/L TDS
Moderate minerality
pH
as bottled
7.9
Fluoride
(F)
<0.82
mg/L
Aluminium
(Al)
<0.02
mg/L
Copper
(Cu)
<0.002
mg/L
Iron
(Fe)
<0.02
mg/L
Provenance
The chalk
Rain falling on the downs above the Test Valley does not reach the aquifer quickly. It descends through hundreds of feet of chalk laid down when this landscape was seabed.
The passage takes roughly half a century. What emerges has been stripped of everything the chalk will not pass, and carries the calcium the chalk gives up in return.
The estate
Hildon is drawn and bottled on the Hildon Estate itself, within a protected catchment where the land above the aquifer is managed to keep it clean.
Nothing is added and nothing is taken away — the water in the bottle is the water that leaves the ground.
The table
Naturally still and neutral on the palate, Hildon became the house water of British restaurants, hotels and dining rooms that wanted a water which would not argue with the food.
Its clean, unassertive profile is precisely the point: it clears the palate rather than competing for it.
Pure. Still. Hildon.