Grind 2023 Producer|Marco de BartoliAnother year means another exciting new cuve from Jrme. This year his white cuve is named Grind and is made with 100% Chenin Blanc from young vines planted on schist. 2023 was a cooler growing season in the Loire, the resulting wines are bright and direct with that signature tight coil of acidity that we love in Loire Chenin. On the nose the wine has all those chalky, mineral, savoury notes sat beside ripe green apples for days. On the palate, the
An intensely mineral driven Georgian wine
A super-fun and totally wild one off rosado with the lightest little spritz
versatile and somewhat rugged
Some real finesse on show here: the grapes come from three separate parcels of low-yielding 40-70 year old vines
Val refers to this wine as 'his grenadine'
the former offering brightness and acidity
it's potential to display dark
Mitan introduces a wild-edged nose of Carignan to the Grenache and Cinsault
There is a tartness to the early-picked fruit giving an impression of green strawberry
savoury bitters and the line of acidity is taut with energetic vim
Made with 100% Aleatico from their “Le Spiaggette” vineyard
whilst the Frappato spends around a week on the skins and was aged in concrete before being blended
