Whitewolfe Estates was founded in 2019 by Clare Whitehead and Luke Wolfe, two great friends who met in 2009 while studying oenology and viticulture at Plumpton College. After contemplating the idea of collaborating for several years, a conversation over wine in 2018 saw them acquire a small , 10-hectare vineyard in the Kits Coty region of Kent’s North Downs. In the careful hands of Clare and Luke, the untapped potential of this special place is being realised. Firm believers that wines are made in the vines, their grower-led approach shows why the Kits Coty region is fast becoming one of England's most prized Chardonnay growing areas.
The ‘KC’ series was developed as an innovative series of Chardonnays from the Whitewolfe Vineyard, in the Kits Coty region of Kent’s North Downs.
Using a range of winemaking techniques, such as different yeasts, press fractions and oak barrels on the different clones, the resulting wines offer distinctive and varied expressions of this unique site. We will continue to make this series into the future, with KC1 offering an elegant expression, KC2 being defined by power and excellent structure, KC3 as bright, vibrant and highly drinkable with the newest edition of KC4 being energetic and mineral.
Soils
Whitewolfe Vineyard is situated on the Chalky soils of the North Downs in Kent.