NV Cri de Coeur Macvin #6
Savagnin aged four years under flor, blended with freshly pressed juice from the same vineyard, fortified to 17% and returned to barrel for another six months. Ripe dried fruit, warm spice and a nutty, sherry-like depth, held together by a crisp acid backbone.
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Tasting Notes
NOSE
Ripe dried fruits complemented by a lasting nutty, sherry-like aroma, a hallmark of the wine's extended ageing under flor.
PALATE
Warm spices and rich, golden fruits, beautifully balanced by a crisp, acidic backbone.
Cri de Coeur
VINEYARD
Fruit for this wine comes from the sustainability farmed Crittenden Home Vineyard that has over time produced consistently excellent award winning wines
WINEMAKING
Defying convention and looking to the great Macvin wines of the Jura region in France for inspiration this wine was wild yeast fermented in old French barriques before going through natural Malolactic conversion. Following Malolactic the barrels were moved to a well ventilated area where conditions were perfect for the gradual growth of the flor yeast on the surface of the increasingly ullaged barrels. After 4 years of ageing under flor, the wine was blended in equal amounts with freshly pressed Savagnin grape juice from the Crittenden home vineyard. This blend was then fortified to 17% alcohol with neutral grape spirit and then put back to barrel for a further 6 months ageing. Bottling took place in Nov 2024 without any fining, stabilisation or addition of SO2.
Best paired with
- Milawa blue with honeycomb
- Dark chocolate and salted caramel tart
- Roast figs with almond frangipane