Huxelrebe / Reichensteiner blend
DNA V1 2023
Owl's Wine

Grape Variety: 53% Huxelrebe, 33% Reichensteiner, 8% Schönberger, 6% Bacchus

Producer: Owl's Wine (Alex Thorp) x Off Beat

Region: Herefordshire, England

Wild Scale: 4/5

Vegan friendly wine

Winemaking: Organic grapes were purchased from an organic grower in Herefordshire Some varieties remained in whole bunches whilst others were de-stemmed. Foot stomped and macerated. Fermentation with indigenous yeast. Aged in old barrels where flor developed. 2024 Chardonnay juice from Ham Street was then added to the wine when it was bottled to cause a secondary fermentation inside the bottle. No fining, filtration or added sulphur.

This Wine: Sparkling Pet Nat wine made as a collaboration between Owl's Wine and Off Beat. Col Fondo style with a hazy and textured character alongside bright acidity. A unique English wine, for sure!

Notes on the Winemaker: Owl's Wine is the project of longtime importer Alex Thorp who has made it his mission to produce, bottle, label and package wine completely sustainably using re-used materials. He has roped in friends within the UK natural wine world to make this possible and now we are able to try the wines for the first time!