LEONARDSLEE Blanc de Blancs 2020

A sheltered, south facing slope, 89 m.a.s.l with silty loam topsoil and silty clay loam subsoil.

The vines are planted 2.1m x 1m in a north south row direction with a 6 wire VSP trellising system.

The grapes were hand harvested into bins in the cool of the morning. They were then whole-bunch pressed into part stainless steel and French oak barrels (25%). Selected yeast was used for primary fermentation with no malolactic fermentation allowed. Using only wine from free-run juice the final blend was bottled where it then underwent, according to the traditional method second fermentation in bottle. This is followed by bottle maturation of approximately 36 months, and only then was it disgorged, corked and labelled.