NV - Magic Number
NV - Magic Number
Magic Number is a detailed, pretty red with complexity, length and substance. Bright with fruit, and elegant acidity. It characterises Nic & Dan's journey with red varieties: a road of discovery, learning how to develop their ideal profile with homegrown fruit. With Magic Number, they had tapped into a vein of possibility they are still following.
Cuvée: Magic Number
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Pinot Noir 47%, Pinot Meunier 30%, Pinot Blanc 23%
ABV: 10
Vintage: NV (2021, 2022)
Winemaking: Pinots from the 2021 and 2022 vintages: grown by Lucie & Jules at Ham Street, Kent (2021 Pinot Noir) and in the Crouch Valley, Essex (2022 Pinot Meunier and Pinot Blanc). Pinot Noir had a two-month semi-carbonic maceration and aged in oak for 19 months. 2021 Essex fruit had a two-week semi-carbonic maceration together, pressed off to oak barrels. Roughly an even split of the two years and vineyards, the wine was assembled and bottled by gravity in July 2023, to the lunar calendar and with no additions.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Clay
Offbeat wines is the inspiring project started by Daniel Ham in 2018. Using organic fruit from vineyards in Hampshire and Devon. Joined by his wife Nicola in their own cellar in 2020, these former marine biologists are about as close as you will get to garage winemaking in the UK. Wines are made with no additions and are among the most exciting being made in England.