2022 - Tank Repair Fund
2022 - Tank Repair Fund
Soft, supple and juicy, a brighter style of red with just an extra day of maceration compared to Owl’s Wine . A featherweight snap of brittle tannins to lend a pleasing, fine grain to its high energy fruit.
Cuvée: Tank Repair Fund
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Pinot Meunier
ABV: 10%
Vintage: 2022
Winemaking: Hand harvested from Ham Street, Kent. Pinot Meunier was foot crushed by Emily Rose & Al at 10pm on October 1 and had very gentle daily push-downs to wet the cap, before a slow press over three hours on October 5 and then racked to barrel on October 6. The wine was bottled by hand 11 months later on September 14 2023 into reused glass, labelled using reused paper and bottled in reused cardboard. All movements by gravity, no additions.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Silt, loam and clay
Owl's Wine is the culmination of a 12-month collaborative project beginning when Al had the opportunity to make some wine from fruit grown by Lucie & Jules at Ham Street in Kent, 2022. The 2022 wines were produced by Al with the help (and cellar space) of Nicola & Daniel at Offbeat. All bottled in reused bottles collected from London venues, packaged in reused cardboard and labelled with Riso printed labels on reused paper.