About
For the Wines
"I consider myself lucky to be making wines in the Langhe and even luckier that I have no legacy to follow. It's led to a freedom to play and deconstruct tradition, all in an attempt to start afresh without any boundaries. I'm on a constant search for great vineyards, and always trying to make wines that give a sense of passion and place. Not all of them are single vineyards, because I think great things can come from careful crafting. Not all the wines will be produced each year either, as nature dictates most of what I do.
I use everything I've learnt from my experiences of making wine and working in the vineyards around the world, pulling out the methodology that I believe in and then injecting a few twists and turns.......Hopefully it all works for you!
For those that need to know.....
I use 100% spontaneous fermentation but with a 'pied de cuve' method. I use old wood in the form of Barriques and Botte Grande. Sometimes I have to buy new wood to get old wood and this gets used on the X-blend and the Chardonnay. I never, ever, filter the wines or use fining agents!
In the Vineyards
50% of the vineyards I work with are certified organic and the other half is under conversion. As a day job I work for one of the biggest Biodynamic producers in Barolo and Barbaresco. I believe 100% in these techniques for my own grape production and strive for better health and lower impact for the vines and their surroundings. Not wanting to contribute to an ever increasing mono-culture in the Langhe, I offset the land used for my grape production with ownership of the equivalent area in Forest, swamp and grasslands rich in biodiversity." - Fletcher Wines
2023 Fletcher C23 Langhe Chardonnay
Review by Gary Walsh
Posted on 4 April 2025
'Langhe Chardonnay is an unusual thing. I think of Claudio Viberti, who makes a few of them, and is a bugger for the grape variety in general. I don’t quite know how I feel about it in general, but this is a good wine. I believe this is grown in Barbaresco.
Pear, peach, cashew, spice, aniseed, a subtle struck match thing here too. It’s fleshy and nutty, has a smooth line of fine acidity, a little flinty texture, but it also has presence and restrained power. Almond and spice, a drizzle of lime in the mix, with a finish of excellent length. It’s a flavoursome wine, though it keeps itself pretty trim. A fine and different expression of Chardonnay, and very good it is too.'
94 Points
2023 Fletcher The Minion Nebbiolo
Review by Gary Walsh
Posted on 4 April 2025
'It says Victoria on the label, though it’s from the Yarra Valley.
Red fruit, cherry, a walnutty sort of burr, earl grey tea, a little liquorice and dried rose. It’s a fleshy wine with some brick dust tannin, cherry with a subtle chinotto character, balanced acidity, and some dusty tannin sweeps up the finish. Nicely done. Signature of Nebbiolo is here. and it’s pretty good value with it.'
92 Points
2021 Fletcher Barbaresco Recta Pete
Review by Gary Walsh
Posted on 4 April 2025
'Roncaglie (40%), Faset (30%) and Ronchi (30%). A strong vintage for Piedmont. Dave Fletcher recently unsubscribed from our newsletter, so I sent him a pretty feisty (but fun! at least to my mind) email, as I’m want to do after a few scoops, suggesting that rather than doing that, he should send The King some of his new releases. And here we are. I’m a squeaky door at times, though sometimes I get oiled as a result. Dave Fletcher is a good bloke.
Very good wine here. Very. Cherry, liquorice, sarsaparilla, a little tea and spice, and quite some dried rose perfume about it. It’s firm and has a distinct graphite feel to tannin, and quite some density too, a ‘mineral’ and stony thing, black tea and lots of fine grip on a finish of excellent length. It’s a beautiful wine. I recommend it highly.'
95 Points