Field Blend 2018

Please note, this is an archive wine and not available to purchase.

Some of these bottles may return in new guises, others will remain as memories but all mark a moment in time. 

Description

Grapes: Pinot Noir Clone 667, 1100 Kilos / Chardonnay Clone 96, 400 Kilos.
Harvest October 20th: Picked at 21.4 Brix and 11.2 TA.
Winemaking: Fermented in open top stainless steel tank with indigenous yeasts. Punched down by hand twice daily. Racked without pressing after fermentation completed.
Bottled April 20th 2019: Gravity filled, unfiltered, small SO2 addition.
Note: Unpressed skins delivered to Burning Sky Brewery for a saison.

Colour: Carmine.
Nose: Wild strawberries, apple peel, fresh rosemary.
Palate: Cherry juice, strawberry flesh, dandelion leaf, white pepper.
Food Match: Roasted game, particularly Quail. Anything.

Label illustration of cross section of our flinty loam / chalk soil produced in-house.

ABV

12.0%

Bottle Size

75cl

Closure

Natural Cork

Grape

Pinot Noir & Chardonnay