Description
Rhubarb & custard. Sweet peach. Grapefruit. Honey suckle. Fantastic aromatics. Palate follows on. Some grassy, wet stone, petrichor notes. Great, and will get better and better as time since bottling increases.
Certifications
Alcohol
11.0%
Analytical data
dry
1.0 g/l residual sugar
6.5 g/l acidity
Vineyard
Hanging Gate - Essex Brenley Farm - Kent
Winemaker
Kieron Atkinson
Vinification
two different parcels of fruit handled separately, one for thiols the other for terpenes. 7% oak aged (used), all temperature control.
Wild yeast start Sauvy yeast QA23 yeast Fermaid O No MLF no residual sugar
Maturation
6 months barrel for the 7% oak
Bottling
Closure: Diam
