Les Jardins de la Martiniere, Shiro 2019 England Months of maceration followed by

Months of maceration followed by four years in large cask have lent us a savoury beauty full of lithe fruit

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Gewurz from both the warm 2023 vintage and the cool 2024

Some is directly pressed

I'm keen to drink this all

Les Jardins de la Martiniere, Shiro 2019 England Months of maceration followed byPlace: Loire, France Grape: Chenin Vibe: UNICORN 30 year old Cab Franc, from the bottom of a south east facing slope on clay soils. A beautiful place, and the name translates to "the sun setting over the hill." Fruit was macerated in whole bunches for 10 days with daily pigage, then raised in barrique for a year before moving to cuve for another four. Bottled late 2024. This is a lithe, fragrant expression of the grape. Earthen and floral at the same