Pet Nat, Ancre Hill Estates 2022

Ancre Hill Estates, owned by Richard and Joy Morris, comprises two vineyard sites on the edge of Monmouth, South East Wales with some 30,000 vines planted on approximately 12 hectares (29.5 acres) and a state-of-the-art, modern winery. The business has evolved from the first plantings in 2006 and 2007 at Ancre Hill, which now extends to about 4 hectares of mature vines. Newton Court Farm was purchased in 2014, the same year as the new winery was built at Ancre Hill, where a further 8 ha of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay has been planted.  

All the land was former grazing pasture – never used for agriculture and the soils are healthy and well nourished. Ancre Hill apply a holistic approach to everything in vineyard and winery and practise conscientious biodynamics.

Incredibly purple– Triomphe is a teinturier grape - with sour cherry and blackberry jam nose and slightly herbal/medicinal back-note. Truly, the Welsh Lambrusco Rosso, with a real sweet & sour character to it and great sappy freshness. Ideal with charcuterie, blackberry cobbler.

Producer  Ancre Hill Estates 

Origin Monmouth, Wales

Grapes Triomphe

Vintage 2022

Alcohol  11% ABV

Style Light natural sparkling

Bottle size 750ml

Winemaking Manual harvest, whole bunch. Carbonic maceration. Made by blending the juice of the new vintage with the previous vintage base wine whilst it is still fermenting. Primary fermentation finishes in bottle producing a lightly fizzy wine. Aged on lees for 10 months. No filtration, No fining,  No added SO2

Notes Organic, Natural, Biodynamic