Queen of Cups 2024
Chenin Blanc

Whole bunch pressed into used cigar barrels and puncheons.

15 months on gross lees with regular battonage to build texture. The cigar barrel shape increases lees contact as is often used in the Loire to build texture into whites.

A super-fine and racy Chenin that has just enough texture to increase its persistence without sacrificing perkiness with a salinity that clearly demonstrates the Wrekin’s proximity to the ocean.

$80

Queen of Swords
Chardonnay, 2023

Direct pressed into used barriques where it remained on its lees for 18 months.

Full Malo.

A candidate for the global “I can’t believe it’s not Jura” award. Super electric and dense Chardonnay that zings with energy.

The concentration and depth to go with the purity and verve is outstanding. Ash lets the juice get exposed to oxygen straight away in the press and the depth and extra savoury edge it gives the wine is fabulous. The fruit easily has the salinity, acidity and minerality to handle the extra oomph in flavour and remain electric.

A wine that wonderfully demonstrates the potential of the Wrekin vineyard, Ash’s skill and intuition as well as her time spent at Labet.

$80

The Fool 2024 (Macerated)
Chardonnay

Hand-picked Chardonnay. 100% hand destemmed and fermented in stainless steel.

Pressed off after fermentation (one month on skins). Matured in stainless steel.

Bone dry with texture and weight. Phenolics come through giving the illusion of tannins. Cleansing acidity followed by a mouth-filling refreshing finish. Think stonefruit salad with a citrus finish.

Easy to drink but also savour. Less ‘vin de soif’ and more thoughtful, this wine pairs well with food.

$80

The Empress
Pinot Noir, 2024

Hand-picked and hand-destemmed.

Stainless ferment.

Pressed mid-ferment to retain freshness.

Aged in stainless for 6 months in Puncheons.

Fresh and vibrant and lively as you would expect but with a very definite complex savoury undercurrent with beautifully soft powdery tannins and super long length.

$80

High Priestess
Pinot Noir, 2022

Hand-picked and hand-destemmed.

Daily juice syphoning to keep the cap wet without increasing extraction. Basically as little as Ash can get away with to keep the cap healthy. They practice robust green harvesting at the vineyard (60% of fruit dropped) so the density and concentration of fruit is there without having to heavily extract.

18 months in used puncheons.

Very much an ode to the time she spent in Jura. A light on its feet pinot that highlights the quality of the fruit but not without its serious savoury chops and slightly more Burgundian (Pommard for me) tannin structure.

$80