Meunier Chardonnay 2023 Grape|Cinsaultlt

Meunier Chardonnay 2023 Grape|CinsaultltAn electric red white blend from Lucie and Jules of Ham Street Wines in Kent. Nimble and detailed with pure, juicy red fruits, violets and herbs sitting against a subtle smokiness. A wine which lands in that special intersection between light red and dark ros, its best served chilled (preferably on a sunny day!). A co fermentation of 80% Pinot Meunier and 20% Chardonnay, the whole bunches macerate for 25 days before going through the basket press into

A very light rosé

The grapes went through carbonic maceration as whole bunches and were pressed off after four days to mature in steel tanks for ten months before bottling with no additions

So much going on with this fantastic wine and it really stands up to the heavy Emilia cuisine

pouring a pale ruby i the glass with fine

You simply won’t get wine made with good quality fruit at a better price

planted back in the late 50s

no dosage (the process of adding sugar to achieve the final balance of the wine) after the bottles have been matured and disgorged

with wonderful flinty notes of struck-match reduction on the nose and a lingering crackle of acidity

with powdery tannins and deep

The land is worked according to biodynamic principles

the texture of the wine is beautifully soft and silky

Each bottle is hand painted by Hannah herself