2020 - Botley's
2020 - Botley's
Hugo & Daniel joke that sparking the second fermentation for Botley's using an actively fermenting must during harvest is like "jumping between two moving trains" - fortunately they've stuck the landing again. A triumph.
Cuvée: Botley’s
Style: Sparkling
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Gris
ABV: 10.5%
Vintage: 2020/NV
Winemaking: The final draw of the 2020 pressing, roughly 15% of the total yield, fermented in a small 400 litre stainless steel tank. Bottled and topped up with a little of the active 2021 ferment during vintage as a spark, in late October. Rested in bottle over winter, second fermentation properly began in the spring of 2022 as the cellar began to warm up. No disgorgement, unfined and unfiltered.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Chalk Limestone