VINS HODGSON, FAIA 2019

Kenji: '“Faia” is mostly clay sands, quartz, and a little volcanic soil. For me the defining terroir characteristic of ‘Faia’ is its very shallow soil. It’s a slice of earth about 30cm deep, all in the same zone.'

From the 2019 vintage, a tough one where frost took the majority of their Chenin leaving them with yields of 12HL/ha, then the hot dry summer, resulted in quick spikes in maturity. The wine took a while to finish it's sugars, they added marc (the skins after pressing from 2020 to help. Once it had become dry it was bottled, but needed time before release, it's now in a great place, though undoubtedly, will achieve further grace and complexity with more bottle age.