DOMAINE HUGO - HUGO STEWART & DANIEL HAM
We are so pleased to have the new vintage of the BOTLEY'S Col Fondo from Domaine Hugo!
Adjacent to the winery, Hugo's 2.5 hectares of biodynamically farmed vines are planted to a field blend of traditional Champagne varieties over the chalk soils of the family farm outside Salisbury.
The total yield is picked and pressed through Nicola & Daniel Ham's antique Coquard press for the traditional method sparkling each year. The last 15% of the press juice - with more substance & matter - is saved in a small tank, to become the base for the upcoming Col Fondo.
This year's edition has its base wine from the sun-kissed 2022 vintage, bottled and sparked with the freshly fermenting juice of the 2023 vintage. Secondary fermentation began naturally in spring 2024 as the cellar warmed. The wine has no disgorgement, no additions, and is unfined and unfiltered.
As delicious as ever, a thrilling exercise in clever, zero-waste sparkling wine production from beautifully farmed fruit.
