Production
For our PTG, we look specifically for the later ripening Pinot Noir grapes that can be harvested the same night as the earliest ripening Gamay. At the winery, the whole cluster fruit is processed and then sequentially layered into the concrete fermenters one varietal and then the other, back and forth, much akin to the making of lasagne. We use a special sealed fermenter that allows us to force carbonic maceration, wherein the carbon dioxide is trapped and the berries literally ferment from the inside out, exploding with one another and fully integrating the Pinot with the Gamay. Thusthe final blend occurs in the fermenter, from which the wine is transferred to neutral oak for aging. 960 cases. 12.5% alcohol.