2023 - s.l.u.g
2023 - s.l.u.g
A pithy, refreshing maceration of Solaris with a dash of direct-press Pinot Noir to lift its acidity, ideal summer drinking! The name? The acronym is a call to arms for snails to cast off their shells and become die Nacktschnecke. Don’t ask.
Cuvée: s.l.u.g
Style: Sparkling
Colour: Skins
Grapes/Blend: Solaris (90%) Pinot Noir (10%)
ABV: 11.4%
Vintage: 2023
Winemaking: Picked from a co-planted vineyard over loamy clay in Toppesfield, Essex. Whole-bunch Solaris was foot crushed and macerated for 4 days, pressed to tank, topped up with 10% direct-press Pinot Noir and fermented for 3 weeks before bottling to continue fermentation as a pet-nat. The wine was disgorged in early summer 2023, and has seen no additions.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Loamy clay
Quatro Mustachios is an international winemaking collective focused on hybrids, the negocé brainchild of Sam Bunker & Dave Haynes. Their first wine was produced in Austria, the second and third in Spain. The first UK releases were were produced in 2022, using fruit from a 50-year-old vineyard in Somerset for their Pet Nat and the other varieties from a nearby vineyard on clay over sandstone in East Sussex.