Lingering Clouds 2025 West Lake Girl Sparkling Longjing Chardonnay

Tea and wine, together at last.
Johnny Liu has been making wine in Ningxia for over a decade - one of the 'winemakers without wineries' who sources fruit and rents gear each vintage. His pet-nat Chardonnays are fermented with sachets of tea in the tank, and this one gets Longjing - the famous 'Dragon Well' green tea from West Lake in Hangzhou. Of his tea series it's the liveliest and lightest: think green tea leaf, nectarine and citrus peel with a creamy bead.