2021 Ma Ma Mia

Macerated Pinot Gris has a resounding effect on skin contact wine lovers, somehow the fresh, fruitful easy drinker becomes something wild and complex. The skin of the Pinot Gris grape variety is flecked with red/pink spots which, when the skin is left in contact with the juice for 12 days, gives up the colour to the juice. Amber, with a pink halo, full of apricots, tangerine and cardamom spice. Julien is a thoughtful person who has absorbed the art and the science of winemaking over the year...Read More...

Macerated Pinot Gris has a resounding effect on skin contact wine lovers, somehow the fresh, fruitful easy drinker becomes something wild and complex. The skin of the Pinot Gris grape variety is flecked with red/pink spots which, when the skin is left in contact with the juice for 12 days, gives up the colour to the juice. Amber, with a pink halo, full of apricots, tangerine and cardamom spice. Julien is a thoughtful person who has absorbed the art and the science of winemaking over the years, working closely with Domaine Derain. Over the years he started his own label, Sextant, working with some of the growers he loved in the area. He and his partner, Carole Schwab, have now bought the Domaine Derain business in addition to their commitments to the Sextant domaine and will be making the Derain wines from now on (with Dominique still in the background!).

Read Less...