an English winemaker who is a long-term friend and makes fabulous wines in the Roussillon with old vine fruit and organic farming
sweet spice and some toasty complexity from quality new oak
which refers to wines that are topped to the eye of the barrel and protected from oxidation during the aging-an uncommon practice in Jura where they’ve built their name for oxiditive wines
oily citrus fruits with a hint of struck match
All fermented in stainless feel with 3 months on its lees just to broaden it out a little - a lovely classic Clare Valley special
Chablis 1er Cru 'Beauroy' 2023, Christophe Camu Sparkling an English winemaker who isChristophe Camu and his son Dylan are 6th and 7th generation Chablis vignerons, and this is a fabulous wine that showcases all of that experience. From the Premier Cru, south facing Beauroy vineyard, just northwest of Chablis town, this is layered, textural and full of salty, citrus fruit and subtle spice. Sure to be long lived.