Pinot Noir Kreideberg ® 2022

The selective harvest of the ripe, healthy grapes is carried out exclusively by hand. In the cellar, the majority of the grapes are destemmed and lightly crushed, a small portion is used as whole grapes. The natural, alcoholic fermentation and maceration takes place in stainless steel tanks and lasts around two weeks. During this time, the mash is pumped over two to three times a day (remontage) to release the valuable ingredients (color, tannin) from the skins. Further development and malolactic fermentation takes place in small 500-liter oak barrels. To ensure that the taste of our Pinot Noir is not dominated by the wood, we prefer to use used barrels, in any case never more than a third new. We then let the young wine rest for as long as possible without any intervention (racking, sulfurization). After around 18 months of barrel aging, the individual barrels are blended and stored in stainless steel tanks until bottling. In order to preserve as much of the wine's original freshness and character as possible without "clouding" future enjoyment, this wine is only subjected to a light, clarifying filtration during bottling.