Honey Bear // White Blend 2023
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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
A first for us, a blend of the four white grapes we work with. Bacchus brings freshness and zip, Pinot Blanc delivers a tropical note, Ortega adds weight and texture, and a smidge of smoky Chardonnay completes the picture.
Four single-site, single-parcel wines were vinified separately then blended and matured in stainless steel. All were hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed and fermented in neutral oak.
Bacchus from Bromley Brook Vineyard in Essex makes up 54% of the blend, followed by Ortega from Yew Tree Vineyard in Oxfordshire then Pinot Blanc (19%) from JoJos Vineyard in Henley-on-Thames, all from the 2023 vintage.
A dash of Chardonnay (5%) from Missing Gate Vineyard in Essex completes the blend. The Chardonnay was from the 2022 vintage, so was aged in oak barrel for 12 months before addition.
The wine was bottled on 27th March 2024. Just 280 bottles were produced.
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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
A first for us, a blend of the four white grapes we work with. Bacchus brings freshness and zip, Pinot Blanc delivers a tropical note, Ortega adds weight and texture, and a smidge of smoky Chardonnay completes the picture.
Four single-site, single-parcel wines were vinified separately then blended and matured in stainless steel. All were hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed and fermented in neutral oak.
Bacchus from Bromley Brook Vineyard in Essex makes up 54% of the blend, followed by Ortega from Yew Tree Vineyard in Oxfordshire then Pinot Blanc (19%) from JoJos Vineyard in Henley-on-Thames, all from the 2023 vintage.
A dash of Chardonnay (5%) from Missing Gate Vineyard in Essex completes the blend. The Chardonnay was from the 2022 vintage, so was aged in oak barrel for 12 months before addition.
The wine was bottled on 27th March 2024. Just 280 bottles were produced.
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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
*****
Description
A first for us, a blend of the four white grapes we work with. Bacchus brings freshness and zip, Pinot Blanc delivers a tropical note, Ortega adds weight and texture, and a smidge of smoky Chardonnay completes the picture.
Four single-site, single-parcel wines were vinified separately then blended and matured in stainless steel. All were hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed and fermented in neutral oak.
Bacchus from Bromley Brook Vineyard in Essex makes up 54% of the blend, followed by Ortega from Yew Tree Vineyard in Oxfordshire then Pinot Blanc (19%) from JoJos Vineyard in Henley-on-Thames, all from the 2023 vintage.
A dash of Chardonnay (5%) from Missing Gate Vineyard in Essex completes the blend. The Chardonnay was from the 2022 vintage, so was aged in oak barrel for 12 months before addition.
The wine was bottled on 27th March 2024. Just 280 bottles were produced.
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