Welcome in the new season with a few of our Summer Picks, an aromatic fizz, a crisp and refreshing white and a an easy drinking rosé - one bottle of each of the wines below:
'Jamie' 2024 Bacchus Nat Fizz
Grapes grown in Herefordshire, UK
What’s the wine like?
Aromatic, dry, elderflowers, white peach and generous. English sparkling wine the way it could be!!
So how was Jamie made?
So Jamie is a 'Nat Fizz’, essentially the wine is produced in the Traditional method (like Champagne) but instead of long ageing we speed up the process to retain freshness.
After a short maceration the wine finishes fermentation in tanks until bottling for the secondary fermentation in bottle. To keep it more natural we then don’t disgorge the wine, this keeps some cloudiness and provides texture to balance and round out the fresh aromatics.
'Ewa' 2023 Pinot Blanc
Grapes from Hampshire, UK
What’s the wine like?
Light-coloured wine with bags of apple and citrus. Refreshing and quenching with a salty kiss.
So how was Ewa made?
Hand harvested then shipped by Renegade in refrigerated trucks at 2˚C direct to the London winery.
The wine was made from two separate batches of Pinot Blanc. 65% was fermented as juice and the 35% with the skins to increase the overall complexity. The skin contact part was aged in old French oak and the other part in stainless steel. These were then blended together after malolactic fermentation. The wine then aged in stainless steel for a few months and was filtered before bottling.
'Esi' 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé
Grapes grown in Herefordshire, UK.
What’s the wine like?
She’s a very unique wine is, old (well young) Esi. Don’t expect big bad Cab Sav tannins or developed deep red vibes as Esi is sherbety, with aromas of nectarines and rhubarb. She’s complex and textured and was aged in old French oak barrels, so expect a lick of oak… She’s English so expect slightly higher acid than you’d think and she’s got a touch of herbaceousness to her.
So how was Esi made?
So first off, the grapes for Esi were grown in Herefordshire, under polytunnel. We work closely with a brilliant vineyard who are on the forefront of innovation and pushing the boundaries (so we are aligned). You don’t see Cab Sav grown in the UK much (read never) simply because you just can’t get the fruit to decent levels of ripeness to make them good for still (or even sparkling) wine. However, when you really look after the vines and ripen them under cover, you can just about get there….
Welcome in the new season with a few of our Summer Picks, an aromatic fizz, a crisp and refreshing white and a an easy drinking rosé - one bottle of each of the wines below:
'Jamie' 2024 Bacchus Nat Fizz
Grapes grown in Herefordshire, UK
What’s the wine like?
Aromatic, dry, elderflowers, white peach and generous. English sparkling wine the way it could be!!
So how was Jamie made?
So Jamie is a 'Nat Fizz’, essentially the wine is produced in the Traditional method (like Champagne) but instead of long ageing we speed up the process to retain freshness.
After a short maceration the wine finishes fermentation in tanks until bottling for the secondary fermentation in bottle. To keep it more natural we then don’t disgorge the wine, this keeps some cloudiness and provides texture to balance and round out the fresh aromatics.
'Ewa' 2023 Pinot Blanc
Grapes from Hampshire, UK
What’s the wine like?
Light-coloured wine with bags of apple and citrus. Refreshing and quenching with a salty kiss.
So how was Ewa made?
Hand harvested then shipped by Renegade in refrigerated trucks at 2˚C direct to the London winery.
The wine was made from two separate batches of Pinot Blanc. 65% was fermented as juice and the 35% with the skins to increase the overall complexity. The skin contact part was aged in old French oak and the other part in stainless steel. These were then blended together after malolactic fermentation. The wine then aged in stainless steel for a few months and was filtered before bottling.
'Esi' 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé
Grapes grown in Herefordshire, UK.
What’s the wine like?
She’s a very unique wine is, old (well young) Esi. Don’t expect big bad Cab Sav tannins or developed deep red vibes as Esi is sherbety, with aromas of nectarines and rhubarb. She’s complex and textured and was aged in old French oak barrels, so expect a lick of oak… She’s English so expect slightly higher acid than you’d think and she’s got a touch of herbaceousness to her.
So how was Esi made?
So first off, the grapes for Esi were grown in Herefordshire, under polytunnel. We work closely with a brilliant vineyard who are on the forefront of innovation and pushing the boundaries (so we are aligned). You don’t see Cab Sav grown in the UK much (read never) simply because you just can’t get the fruit to decent levels of ripeness to make them good for still (or even sparkling) wine. However, when you really look after the vines and ripen them under cover, you can just about get there….
