Oxney Estate Pinot Noir Rosé 2022

2022 was a truly brilliant year in England.  Coming after two terrible years (2020 had Spring frost and 2021 was a very high disease year) it was a relief to have a great spring, no frost and a great summer with healthy, ripe and plentiful crops.

The grapes for this wine is mostly from the Pinot Noir Clone 828 in the Hunt block. We picked on October 3rd which was nice and early. The wines were separately fermented and blended in the early spring 2023 and laid down for secondary fermentation on June 4th. We left the wines on lees for 18 months before disgorging in January 2025. This lees ageing was chosen to retain the fruit.