2023 FIELD WORK

TRY ME IF YOU LOVE: Pet nat / Lambrusco

ABV: 10.0%

GRAPES: Pinot Noir, Reichensteiner, Ortega

TASTING NOTES: Fieldwork '23 is a light red Pet Nat, dominated by Pinot Noir, that’s juicy and effortless. With vibrant red fruit, a touch of herbaceous character, and a whisper of tannin, it’s perfectly balanced with fresh acidity — a fizzy, easy-drinking wine made for good times, easy sipping, and dappled, crisp autumn days.

PAIRS WITH: Charcuterie and cheese plates

SERVE ME: Chilled, pop in the fridge for a couple of hours

Titch Hill is the project of Alex Tristram and Sam Bunker, who met while studying winemaking at Plumpton in 2017. The vines are planted on a farm that has been in Alex's family for generations, with his uncle taking a keen interest in environmental restoration in the early 1980s, repairing the damage done across the UK by post-war industrial farming.

Finishing Plumpton, Alex returned home to begin the winemaking project, with Sam - who grew up nearby - soon joined him as his collaborator. Alex & Sam look after the vines, themselves part of a wider, hollistic, organism that also includes livestock, arable wheat & barley, with sheep grazing in the vineyards through winter.

On the high chalk of the South Downs, the coastal influence is immediately apparent - they are perhaps one of the closest vineyards to the sea in the UK - and work in the winery is as minimal as possible to allow the fruit to speak for itself, they are strictly no additions.