(2024) Regent is yet another German-bred hybrid, that includes Chambourcin and Müller-Thurgau in its parentage. This was fermented on skins for three weeks and aged 12 months in new and used American and Hungarian oak barrels. It's a very striking, deep and vivid purple wine, the nose fruity with pastille-like aromas over some spice. In the mouth it is dry and light- to medium-bodied with just 11.5% alcohol, inky and savoury, the fruit and oak mesh to give a dry, cinnamon-touched finish with balanced acidity.