2023 Stoney Rise Trousseau

Joe Holyman has been playing around with a small plot of Trousseau for a few years now.

It's just the kind of variety that intrigues him. Good Trousseau is about texture and nuance as opposed to out and out power and flavour. If you've tried some of the delicious examples out of the Jura, you'll know exactly what persuaded Joe to plant it on his vineyard in the Tamar Valley.

He ferments this in amphora, bottles it without the addition of sulphur - it's a 'natural' wine in the best possible sense of the word.

Up until now, this has only been released at cellar door and to Joe's mailing list. We managed to pick up a few dozen to give you a chance to try it if you can't make it to Joe and Lou's homey cellar door.

92 points
" This is light and quite frisky, and I do like this style of wine. Strawberry, raspberry, some spice, plus a bit of savoury and kind of stony stuff, dried herbs, bright acidity, with a cranberry crunch, a little feathering of dry pumice stone tannin, sappy red fruits on a finish of freshness and lively tang. Very good. This is cleaner, and much improved over prior years, and feels like a true expression of the variety. Excellent."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

93 points
"Bright ruby with vibrant redcurrant, red cherry and red apple with a beautiful struck flint complexity to its aromatic form. Spice, pressed wildflowers, turned earth, sous bois, crushed herbs and charcuterie. Lovely, spacious mouthfeel with crushed rock tannins and a lively, minerally cadence. Lovely stuff."
- Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)