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Though his estate is now handled by his son Mathieu, this crunchy everyday red still smacks of Marcel’s distinctive style: poppy, chillable, stunning yet self-effacing, and so very easy. Eating a red popsicle with great focus, wearing cherries as earrings, teeny-tiny box of Sun-Maid raisins, cinnamon-dusted strawberry. 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Cecelia is tended with biodynamic principles and comes from a newly unveiled 1.4ha limestone vineyard, planted with red and white grapes. 2\/3 of the grapes are pressed directly and 1\/3 are crushed. The fermentation is spontaneous and takes place in large wooden vats \u0026amp; is neither fined nor filtered – giving Cecilia a slight grain, like fine sand in a cantering stream. 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Part of the wave of Austrian winemakers to embrace biodynamic viticulture—including Gut Oggau, Judith Beck, Claus Preisinger and Andreas Tscheppe, his brother located just across the hill! These zero-zero white wines are some of the most compelling in the world, evocative and endlessly complex. From the highest vineyards with the most exposed bedrock, Ex Vero III was direct pressed into large barrels to develop all the texture and complexity. A 50\/50 blend of morillon and chardonnay. Like a very cold spring or a very warm fall with a punchy nose of starfruit tinted VA, green algae covered rock reduction, kissing the palm of someones hand, oat flour, almond flowers, what we imagine a starfish would smell like, condensed milk powder \u0026amp; a cool spiced ending. 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Thanks to a chance meeting and phenomenal tasting back in April, we are pleased to welcome the newest member of the GWI lineup, Emme! A bushy-tailed project from winemaker Rosalind Reynolds, named after her ecologically-minded grandmother and propelled forwards by her love of minimal intervention winemaking. The 2023 pink lemonade is a blend of all the varieties planted at the organic Ricetti Vineyard, cared for by the very well known Pam and Tom! From two separate picks, one of the earlier ripening varieties, including abouriou and zinfandel for tannin and colour, plus some earlier picked colombard for sharp acidity, all partially crushed and left to ferment on skins for five days. The second pick includes the later-ripening varieties, aromatic valdiguié, spiced carignan \u0026amp; further ripened, more stone-fruited colombard, all very minimally crushed for a partial, six day carbonic maceration. 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