2021 / 22 - Wild Juice Chase
2021 / 22 - Wild Juice Chase
A brambly, frothy red pet-nat primed for picnic drinking. Bottled-summer. Sourced from a small, nearly wild plot of 39-year-old Triomphe and Bacchus vines on clay over chalk in the Test Valley, Hampshire. Still farmed by Tim Ayers who hand-planted the vines in the 1980s.
Cuvée: Wild Juice Chase
Style: Sparkling
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Triomphe (82%), Bacchus (18%)
ABV: 11%
Vintage: 2021 / 2022
Winemaking: Hand-harvested from a small plot of 39-year-old vines in the Test Valley, Hampshire. Triomphe from 2021 was fermented semi-carbonically and aged in used French oak for 1 year. This was then blended with a co-ferment of Triomphe (direct press) and Bacchus (whole bunch macerated for 2 days) from 2022 and bottled in time to allow the fermentation to complete in bottle. After a rest over winter, the wine was disgorged by hand to remove the heaviest sediment.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Clay over chalk