English White Wines
Renegade Urban Winery Ewa Pinot Blanc 2023
Notes of apple and nectarines, with a savoury undernote and vanilla and flint aromas
Ewa is a light-coloured Pinot Blanc, with notes of apple and nectarines. It has got a savoury undernote with vanilla and flint aromas.
The wine was made from two separate batches of Pinot Blanc. 65% was fermented as juice and the 35% with the skins to increase the overall complexity. The skin contact part was aged in old French oak and the other part in stainless steel. These were then blended together after malolactic fermentation. The wine then aged in stainless steel for a few months and was filtered before bottling.
Ewa is an award winning, London based, Belgo-Nigerian Architect, Writer and Producer. Highly accomplished in his craft, his work has been featured in multiple publications.
When Renegade started making wine in 2016, they were copycat winemakers, asking the growers how they should make wine with their grapes. They soon realised this was a mistake. Taking advantage of the relative lack of legislation in the UK over terms and styles of wine, and drawing on London’s history of innovation, they sought instead to lead the charge on new wine styles and winemaking approaches, using both ancient and modern techniques. Renegade now make around 12-14 wines a year, from classical
styles with a twist to wines that are entirely unique. Alongside the core range, they make a variety of new styles each year.
And who’s on the bottle? As a UK producer, Renegade wanted to celebrate the best thing about the UK. The weather? No. The people! Each label shows the eyes of a different person who lives in the UK. They may not be born in the UK, they may not have gone to school in the UK, but they’re part of this country. They each form a key part of the rich tapestry that makes the UK special. As as urban winery based in London, many of the faces are Londoners. But anyone can apply to be on the labels. Faces of Renegade have been students, plumbers, researchers, the unemployed, the retired, newspaper editors, receptionists, teachers and HR executives. They are aged between 19 and 70+. They are white, black, Asian, mixed race. They are straight, gay, transgender, queer. They are from all walks of life. Could it be you next?
