NV (2020) White Col Fondo
NV (2020) White Col Fondo
Precise and pretty, carefully assembled over three low-yielding years. Acidity is electric but so very welcome.
Cuvée: Col Fondo White
Style: Sparkling
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Solaris & Siegrebbe
ABV: 10%
Vintage: NV
Winemaking: 2018 base wine: Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, whole bunch basket pressed slowly and directly to barrel. Second fermentation sparked by what little Mark could get from his 2020 harvest, a blend of skin fermented (1 week) Solaris & Siegrebbe along with a little direct pressed Pinot Meunier.
Second fermentation bottling was early November 2020.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: red clay over loamy sandstone
Black Mountain Vineyard is a three hectare labour of love planted by Mark & Laura Smith in 2009. In the shadow of the Brecon Beacons, their South-Facing slope in Herefordshire is planted with hybrids well suited to the area. Organic certified since 2018, and with no additions in the cellar, Mark & Laura are producing excellent sparkling wines with ripeness & balance.