Wine tasting

The wine

The Solaris grape produces an aromatic wine with the scent and taste of green apple, citrus, gooseberry and elderflower. The grape has a high acidity, which makes it suitable for producing sparkling wine and for storage.

Our vision is to produce not only the world’s best sparkling wine from the Solaris grape, but also a wine which has a distinct taste which reflects our location and climate. Right from the start, we decided to bring in expert help from Champagne. In 2017, Pierre-Yves Bournaias from the IOC in Epernay visited the company to support us during the construction phase of production. Since then, he has been our consultant and guides us in the various production phases such as tasting and blending.

In 2026, we will be at full production capacity from all 10 000 vines and then all wine will have been stored for at least 36 months in bottles. The wine we make every year is a Cuvée Tradition, which is a blend of wines from the harvest year and wine from previous years which has been stored according to a Perpetual Reserve system. We ferment some of our wine in steel tanks and some in old French oak barrels.

In addition to our Cuvée Tradition, we make a Franc de Pied from our 2,000 ungrafted Solaris vines. Our Franc de Pied wine is not stored in oak barrels and is stored a little longer in the bottle to develop the secondary aromas. Some years, when the conditions are exceptionally good, we make a vintage wine “Millesime”, which we disgorge once it has fully matured.