Flint Vineyard Fume Bacchus 2024 , Norfolk, England

The fruit was harvested by hand from our own vines and a parcel from Martin's Lane Vineyard in the Crouch Valley, Essex. To express the complexity of the Bacchus grape, we use a multitude of techniques that respect both the traditional and more novel methods of winemaking. 40% fermentation and ageing in 3rd-fill oak barrels lends texture and encourages aromatic development rather than oak flavour. Barrels can push Bacchus towards the style of its parent variety, Riesling, and the 2024 Fumé demonstrates this.

It is ripe and fleshy with pear and apple aromas and flavours, a lovely texture and length. Hyper-oxidation of some juice fractions softens the wine and use of nitrogen at the press preserves aromatics.