Despina 2023 Country|Argentina

Despina 2023 Country|ArgentinaA house favourite here with this wonderfully fresh, hazy sparkler. Roberto makes all of his sparkling wine in the traditional method, meaning the wine is refermented in the bottle under closure to trap the bubbles. No sugars or selected yeasts are added to achieve this; in a walk in fridge in the cellar Roberto keeps a supply of grape must basically raw grape juice kept at this low temperature to stop it from fermenting. Once in the bottle it gets to

One of those easygoing bottles you can reach for time and again

but here you can appreciate how magical it can be when fermented dry

and flavours of black cherry have a earthy

salty finish

Meligoté comes from a single parcel of 2/3 Aligote & 1/3 Melon de Bourgogne

remarkable and full of character

Spicy with notes of cracked black pepper and salt sitting against blackberries and a touch of liquorice

Sleek and plush across the palate

like maybe blending in freshly pressed juice from a more recent vintage to kick-start movement again

Packed full of dusty black fruit

This is the wine that you see being pouring from extravagant heights in the pintxos bars of San Sebastian - serve it ice cold alongside some little fried fishes and you're on the right track

the dusty perfume of the wine has developed into something akin to a savoury Jura Pinot