Renegade Quartet
A little something for everyone!
Maria - 2022 Madeleine Angevine - Skin Contact (Herefordshire, England) - Maria is a really special one. A floral nose with wonderful apricot aromas balanced nicely with a focused dry palate. Herbal notes are forthcoming, basil and mint leaf with a tinge of lemon peely acidity. This wine walks the line between acidity, fruit and floral elements. A certified banger. Destemmed into our Georgian qvevri where it spent 6 days on skins, then pressed off into stainless steel where it underwent malolactic fermentation. Maria then spent 7 months on lees to increase complexity and mouthfeel. The wine was then lightly filtered before bottling. Minimal SO2 additions were made.
This wine was made by two of the Renegade team, Patrick Marriott and Fleur de Boer and overseen by Andrea our Lead Winemaker. All key decisions regarding winemaking were made by Patrick and Fleur.
Amy - 2021 Chardonnay (Lombardy) - Think Burgundy with a London twist. One for those who like the classics but appreciate things move with the times. The oak contact lends a creaminess to the wine with a lovely mouthfeel, still the wine maintains a freshness and minerality that strikes a gorgeous balance with ripe stone fruits on the palate.
50% of the grapes were whole bunch pressed and fermented in old oak ex Burgundy (90%) and new French oak barrels (10%).
The other 50% was de-stemmed by hand and fermented on the skins. Barrel aged for 7 months and went through full malolactic fermentation.
Weekly batonnage was applied to resuspend the lees. Bottled unfiltered and unfined with minimal additions of SO2 to prevent oxidation.
Gary 2021 Pinot Noir (Lombardy) -The grapes destemmed by hand and fermented spontaneously in a stainless steel tank, without the addition of any yeast - otherwise known as wild fermentation. No additions of sugar, nutrients, or de-acidification methods/any other winemaking was used to make this wine. After 20 days on the skins the wine was pressed of and aged in old French barrels (90%) and new American (10%) for 8 months, where it underwent full malolactic fermentation. No filtration , no fining, and only minimal SO2 was added prior to bottling. A beautiful light/med bodied red with soft tannins, lots of red fruit (wild strawberries, cherries) and some floral notes.
Crystal - 2021 Croatina Nat Fizz (Lombardy) - A Naturally Fizzy style of sparkling wine (unlike Champagne, Prosecco, Cava and Crémant) which undergoes the first and only fermentation in the bottle. No added anything. No sulphur, no yeast, no fining, no filtration, no nothing. Just grapes. Fruity, dry, wild strawberry and a touch of raspberry.
