Pinot Noir / Bacchus / Pinot Gris
Pet Nat 2023
Ham Street

Grape Variety: 66% Pinot Noir, 34% Pinot Gris & Bacchus

Producer: Ham Street (Lucie & Jules) & Offbeat

Region: Hamstreet, Kent, UK

Wild Scale: 3/5

Vegan friendly wine

Winemaking:  Organic Bacchus, Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris grapes were harvested by hand and foot crushed before co-fermentation with indigenous yeast in fibreglass tanks. The wine was bottled before this process was complete in order to create fizz in the bottle (Ancestral winemaking technique - Pet Nat). No filtration, fining or added sulphur. Not disgorged.

This Wine: Ham Street's Pet Nat is back for the 2023 vintage! Always a big hit with us, this blend of red and white grapes is juicy and energetic. English summer in a bottle! 2023 is the first year that Ham Street vines have been certified Biodynamic.

Notes on the Winemaker: Lucie and Jules have been growing grapes in Ham Street, Kent since 2019. The couple are passionate about wine, biodynamics, sustainability and biodiversity. They released their first vintage in 2022 and in 2024 became biodynamic certification (one of only 6 certified vineyards in the UK). In the winery they are off grid. There are no pumps, no pneumatic presses and they work by gravity. Everything is passed through the basket press and Lucie and Jules taste as they go. They are now producing 15,000 bottles a year. The wines are complex, alive and delicate, never filtered or fined and sulphur is kept to an absolute minimum. One of favourite local producers!