Henskens Rankin Vintage Brut 2016 patch-wines making for super intense mineral

making for super intense mineral wines

Overshadowed by many of their more famous wine regions

blue-tinted clay—rich in microfossils—is also encountered in the Jura and Pomerol

90 POINTS - Wine Spectator

Henskens Rankin Vintage Brut 2016 patch-wines making for super intense mineralVintage notes The vintage started well, with above average rainfall and mild to warm days. Fruit set was lower than expected and ripening lagged so that vintage started approximately two weeks later than normal. Grape yields were around 30% down on average but as this wine attests with great flavours. Vineyard notes All fruit was sourced from mature vines with all vineyards established, from the 1980s to 1990s. All family owned and painstakingly