{"product_id":"matt-gregory-the-ancestral-red-2021-75cl-10-5-vol","title":"Matt Gregory The Ancestral Red 2021","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCountry: England\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRegion: Leicestershire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGrapes: 70% Pinot Noir, 30% Pinot Gris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eColour: Red\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBottle Size: 75cl \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAlcohol: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e10.5%\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVintage: 2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVegan friendly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCER NOTES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking as a wine merchant in England for more than 20 years, Matt Gregory eventually started making his own wines in Sussex and in New Zealand, where he worked alongside Theo Coles (of The Hermit Ram in North Canterbury).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatt’s wines originate both from England and Italy, and are all labelled as ‘The English Winemaker’. He has a natural approach to winemaking and allows the different terroirs to express themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe English wines are produced from grapes grown at the organically farmed Walton Brook Vineyard (two hectares, south facing) on the Leicestershire Wolds. Soil includes 200 million year old Jurassic fine grained limestone (mud made up from carbonates of coral and shell) overlain with two million year old glacial deposits featuring limestone, flint and ironstone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Italian wines come from Villa Giada in Piedmont, grapes are sustainably farmed, no synthetic herbicides or pesticides are used.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch6\u003eFARMING \u0026amp; WINEMAKING NOTES\u003c\/h6\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris grapes were de-stemmed, crushed and fermented together\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (with the addition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea Pied de Cuve culture started in the vineyard 10 days before). \u003c\/span\u003eThe ferment was treated very gently throughout and not plunged or pumped over, and was pressed out in a traditional basket press when alcoholic fermentation had finished.  Some of its reserved juice was blended back into the wine prior to bottling. The wine was bottled without being fined or filtered and no sulphur added.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ancestral Red is dry and fizzy. Matt commented \"it is an English Autumnal country walk (hips, haws, sloes) in a glass, it would have made a cracking still wine in retrospect but that is the beauty of hindsight\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matt Gregory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45448312848533,"sku":"ENGARD21B","price":22.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/4062\/1412\/files\/The-English-Winemaker-Matt-Gregory-The-Ancenstral-Red.jpg?v=1728042986","url":"https:\/\/www.unchartedwines.com\/products\/matt-gregory-the-ancestral-red-2021-75cl-10-5-vol","provider":"Uncharted Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}