Gutter&StarsGutter&Stars Avalon 2023

This premium white blend sees Chardonnay (clones 76, 121, 96 and FR155) from Whitewolfe Vineyard in Kent lifted with a dash of spicy Pinot Gris from Bromley Brook Vineyard in Essex to create a bright and glowing wine with ripe tree fruit, honeyed richness and precise acidity.

Ripe Kent Chardonnay was picked by hand in mid-October then cold-settled in tank for 48 hours before being racked into French oak barrels where it underwent alcoholic and malolactic fermentation simultaneously.

Fermentation took 36 days, then the barrels were topped and the wine was matured on its gross lees with no battonage until July 25 when it was blended with 3% Pinot Gris from the 2024 vintage. After blending the wine matured in barrel for a further three months before bottling on 20th October.