The wine is light with smokey stone fruit and apple aromas, with a light, soify and grippy palate.
Producer Tillingham
Origin Sussex, England
Grapes 35% Muller Thurgau, 32% Ortega, 17% Bacchus, 12% Chardonnay, 4% Schönburger
Vintage 2019
Alcohol 10.5%
Style Light body natural white
Bottle size 750ml
Winemaking Manually harvested, Müller Thurgau grapes, part whole bunch pressed into stainless steel, part crushed and destemmed, with 24–48 hours skin contact before pressing and fermenting in stainless steel. Ortega grapes crushed and destemmed, foot treading twice a day for 5–7 days before pressing in small basket press and fermenting in stainless steel, some fermented and aged in oak barrel. Bacchus grapes whole bunch pressed and fermented in stainless steel, aged in oak fuder. Chardonnay grapes whole bunch pressed and fermented in stainless steel. Schönburger grapes hand selected on sorting table, whole bunches foot trodden and left on skins for 24 hours before pressing in basket press and fermenting in stainless steel.
Only indigenous yeast used for fermentation. Minimal sulphur added at bottling
Notes Biodynamic, Natural, Organic