Uva Non Grata, Gamay 2024, Pays d’Oc

Uva Non Grata, Gamay 2024, Pays d’OcGamay loves the granite siliceous soils of the vineyards in the hills to the northwest of Lyon in eastern France. Grapes were hand picked deliberately early to maintain freshness. In the cellar, they are vinified using traditional carbonic maceration techniques (where fermentation is started by the weight of berries in the vat, crushing those below) followed by a short cuvasion to maintain the up front, juicy fruit character. Bouncy, crunchy Gamay,

Grenache grapes are destemmed and macerated at cool temperatures prior to fermentation in order to gain the juicy fruit flavours

finish with a touch of black pepper on the earthy finish

Soils are predominantly clay-based with pockets of sand

The palate is bright and complex with apricot

Cuvée Jean-Paul Rouge is now sourced from this wider area

The wines here just get better and better

here we have a Pinot Noir

Ask a Napa winemaker what they drink at home and which fellow winemakers they most admire and the answer

Motte’s wine has real finesse with good fruit character – very much their house style

Grapes are from Oliver's Vineyard in Edna Valley

A new addition to portfolio is Guardoilvento bianco – an intensely mineral

The grapes for False Bay Slow Chenin Blanc stem from old bush vines in The Swartland and Stellenbosch regions