About the Wine
Skin-contact Pinot Gris from Sophie’s very own vines! Filled with delicate fruit and heady aromatics, all kept in balance with a wonderful salty streak thanks to a vein of chalk that runs beneath the rows of Pinot Gris. There is a distinct minerality and freshness to the 2023 iteration of this cuvée, due to the cool, wet growing season from which it comes. Immediately satisfying, but develops beautifully.
Fruit from young vines, between 7-11 years old, the grapes are hand-picked, hand destemmed and foot crushed before macerating on the skins for 5 days with gentle punchdowns. Aged for 12 months in stainless steel. No filtering or fining, with just a touch of sulphur added at bottling.
Production is tiny, we have just a few bottles to go around.
About Sophie Evans
After studying winemaking in Plumpton College, UK, Sophie travelled to Germany to work alongside 2Naturkinder. Whilst there, Sophie made her first two wines in their cellar- using fruit both from the 2Naturkinder vines and like-minded biodynamic growers in the area. Having spent some time learning the ropes, Sophie returned to the UK in the summer of 2022 to farm a hectare of her own vines. Growing wild down a country lane in Kent, Sophie works attentively with teas, ferments, and essential oils for disease control alongside biodynamic treatments. She works with plantings of Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, and some hybrid varieties. This is Sophie’s first English vintage – wines which are a testament to her attention to detail, intuition, and sheer love for winemaking. Exciting stuff!
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