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100% Pinot Gris From McMinnville, Oregon
The Pinot Gris is generally picked a little riper than a typical white pinot gris. With the intention to achieve richness in the wine. In 2023 it was picked it on September 16th.
This vintage, they sorted each cluster and destemmed. Then they put the tank directly into cold soak — where the magic of this Pinot Gris starts to take place. As the skins and juice interact, the phenolics slowly start to leech from the skins into the fermenter, causing the aromatics to intensify, the textures to richen, and the color to create a faint hue of pink/orange.
They tasted the fresh juice every 6-8 hours to determine the perfect amount of skin influence. In the case of the 2023 vintage, that magic number was 36 hours. (the 2023 wine was just a few hours shy of the skin contact time in 2022) A gentle punch down was performed on the fermenter right before sending it to the press.
100% Pinot Gris From McMinnville, Oregon
The Pinot Gris is generally picked a little riper than a typical white pinot gris. With the intention to achieve richness in the wine. In 2023 it was picked it on September 16th.
This vintage, they sorted each cluster and destemmed. Then they put the tank directly into cold soak — where the magic of this Pinot Gris starts to take place. As the skins and juice interact, the phenolics slowly start to leech from the skins into the fermenter, causing the aromatics to intensify, the textures to richen, and the color to create a faint hue of pink/orange.
They tasted the fresh juice every 6-8 hours to determine the perfect amount of skin influence. In the case of the 2023 vintage, that magic number was 36 hours. (the 2023 wine was just a few hours shy of the skin contact time in 2022) A gentle punch down was performed on the fermenter right before sending it to the press.
100% Pinot Gris From McMinnville, Oregon
The Pinot Gris is generally picked a little riper than a typical white pinot gris. With the intention to achieve richness in the wine. In 2023 it was picked it on September 16th.
This vintage, they sorted each cluster and destemmed. Then they put the tank directly into cold soak — where the magic of this Pinot Gris starts to take place. As the skins and juice interact, the phenolics slowly start to leech from the skins into the fermenter, causing the aromatics to intensify, the textures to richen, and the color to create a faint hue of pink/orange.
They tasted the fresh juice every 6-8 hours to determine the perfect amount of skin influence. In the case of the 2023 vintage, that magic number was 36 hours. (the 2023 wine was just a few hours shy of the skin contact time in 2022) A gentle punch down was performed on the fermenter right before sending it to the press.