2023 Fizzy Pink
2023 Fizzy Pink
What grows together goes together, and Matt loves to combine his two Pinots: Gris adding some lift and character to his Noir. A perfect pair: the 2023 is a blast of rosehip, raspberry and sherbert - a lively, long acidity that continues to race into hillside thunderstorms after the fruit fades.
Cuvée: Fizzy Pink
Style: Sparkling
Colour: Pink
Grapes/Blend: Pinot Noir 50%, Pinot Gris 50%
ABV: 11%
Vintage: 2023
Winemaking: Hand harvested, Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris both whole bunch macerated separately for 10 days. The grapes were pressed and assembled to undergo alcoholic fermentation together. The wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered, with a minor addition of sulphur.
Sulphur: 20mg/l before bottling
Soil: Jurassic limestone mud, overlain with glacial deposits: limestone, flint, ironstone and quartz
Matt Gregory farms a beautiful 3-hectare vineyard planted in 2009/10 - south facing and 100 metres above sea level: one of the highest points on the Leicestershire Wolds. Comprising 200 million-year-old Jurassic fine grained limestone mud made up from carbonates of coral and shell, overlain with 2-million-year-old glacial deposits featuring limestone, flint, ironstone and quartz.
Whilst farming is organic, due to the vineyards location in the middle of a 500-acre arable farm, Matt will not be pursuing certification.
From his rows of Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Bacchus and a mix of PIWIs Matt produces nimble, elegant wines, worked gently to allow their terroir to shine.