2023 Fizzy White
2023 Fizzy White
Wildly drinkable with bags of opulent fruit, heady with hedgerow aromatics, clinging to a thrillingly mineral, chalky line throughout. Primarily comprised of carbonic fruit (80%) Matt notes the other small portion of de-stemmed fruit 'brings the skeleton'.
Cuvée: Fizzy White
Style: Sparkling
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Bacchus
ABV: 11%
Vintage: 2023
Winemaking: Hand-harvested, 80% of the grapes underwent whole bunch carbonic maceration for 10 days before being pressed, the remaining 20% were de-stemmed and macerated for 6 weeks. The 2 elements were blended back together prior to bottling. The wine was bottled without being fined or filtered and no additions were made.
Sulphur: None added
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.