A Handful of Dust // Pinot Noir 2022
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FREE LOCAL DELIVERY: Add the code 'CAM’ at checkout to receive free local delivery to CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4 & CB5 postcodes. Collection from the winery is also available, use code ‘CAM’ and please email Chris to arrange collection once you have placed your order
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Description
This Essex Pinot Noir is delicate and floral with notes of red cherry, black pepper and earth. The grapes come from Great Wheatley Vineyard in the Crouch Valley Peninsula, from the newly-planted vineyard’s first crop.
Single-site Pinot Noir was hand-picked on a bright October morning. The bunches were destemmed and cold-settled for 48 hours before fermentation in open-topped bins. Daily punch-downs ensured good extraction from the delicate skins and added a dash of cherry red colour.
Fermentation took 14 days, and after completion the wine was racked into 228-litre French oak barrels where it underwent malolactic fermentation which helped to soften the acidity. The wine was matured for 15 months in oak before bottling, adding earthy undertones and roundness.
Bottled on 23rd January 2024, the wine has spent six weeks in bottle prior to release.
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FREE LOCAL DELIVERY: Add the code 'CAM’ at checkout to receive free local delivery to CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4 & CB5 postcodes. Collection from the winery is also available, use code ‘CAM’ and please email Chris to arrange collection once you have placed your order
FREE NATIONAL DELIVERY: If ordering 6 bottles or more across the Gutter & Stars range, add the code '666' at checkout to receive free UK mainland delivery
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Description
This Essex Pinot Noir is delicate and floral with notes of red cherry, black pepper and earth. The grapes come from Great Wheatley Vineyard in the Crouch Valley Peninsula, from the newly-planted vineyard’s first crop.
Single-site Pinot Noir was hand-picked on a bright October morning. The bunches were destemmed and cold-settled for 48 hours before fermentation in open-topped bins. Daily punch-downs ensured good extraction from the delicate skins and added a dash of cherry red colour.
Fermentation took 14 days, and after completion the wine was racked into 228-litre French oak barrels where it underwent malolactic fermentation which helped to soften the acidity. The wine was matured for 15 months in oak before bottling, adding earthy undertones and roundness.
Bottled on 23rd January 2024, the wine has spent six weeks in bottle prior to release.
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FREE LOCAL DELIVERY: Add the code 'CAM’ at checkout to receive free local delivery to CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4 & CB5 postcodes. Collection from the winery is also available, use code ‘CAM’ and please email Chris to arrange collection once you have placed your order
FREE NATIONAL DELIVERY: If ordering 6 bottles or more across the Gutter & Stars range, add the code '666' at checkout to receive free UK mainland delivery
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Description
This Essex Pinot Noir is delicate and floral with notes of red cherry, black pepper and earth. The grapes come from Great Wheatley Vineyard in the Crouch Valley Peninsula, from the newly-planted vineyard’s first crop.
Single-site Pinot Noir was hand-picked on a bright October morning. The bunches were destemmed and cold-settled for 48 hours before fermentation in open-topped bins. Daily punch-downs ensured good extraction from the delicate skins and added a dash of cherry red colour.
Fermentation took 14 days, and after completion the wine was racked into 228-litre French oak barrels where it underwent malolactic fermentation which helped to soften the acidity. The wine was matured for 15 months in oak before bottling, adding earthy undertones and roundness.
Bottled on 23rd January 2024, the wine has spent six weeks in bottle prior to release.
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