Utzinger - 2024 Fume Blanc flavour_Mineral It finishes dry

It finishes dry

bottled without fining or filtering

Most of the vineyards are dry grown and have an average vine age of 40 years

I was told they would be classic Beaujolais and not like some of the richer recent vintages - these are all about the sap

Fresh red fruits and spicy hints on the nose

Utzinger - 2024 Fume Blanc flavour_Mineral It finishes dryWest Tamar Valley fruit, picked round 12 Be, whole bunch pressed, shortly settled before wild ferment in mainly seasoned oak, full malo, 9 months in oak on full lees, 2 months in stainless, gentle filtration, screwcap. Bright yellow. Inviting nose, medium intensity, roasted hazelnuts, flinty minerality and some fresh yellow stone fruit. Medium acid attack, light to medium bodied. Lengthy finish on pithy citrus aromatics and some underlying oak