Pinot Gris 2023
Ham Street

Grape Variety: Pinot Gris

Producer: Ham Street (Lucie & Jules) & Offbeat

Region: Hamstreet, Kent, UK

Wild Scale: 4/5

Vegan friendly wine

Certified Organic & Biodynamic

10.3% alcohol

Winemaking: Biodynamic Pinot Gris grapes were harvested and de-stemmed by hand. Macerated for 9 days before being pressed into a 3 year old barrel. Fermentation with indigenous yeast. Aged for 9 months. Bottled with no filtration, fining or added sulphur. 

This Wine: English skin contact wine resulting in a peachy colour in the glass. Beautiful minerality on display here with subtle fruit and floral notes. Lovely texture too.  Only 299 bottles produced.

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!