Division, Division-Villages Pinot Noir "Methode Carbonique" 2024 750ml
Organic Practicing. "We picked most of our Pinot noir from our home base site in the Yamhill-Carlton just before the late September rains at ideal ripeness for carbonic maceration. Our our new site in Elkton was able to hang through the rains and was nice and ripe a few weeks into October during what we jokingly called our second 2023 harvest after putting the wines we had picked pre-rains to rest for the year Organic Practicing. We picked most of our Pinot noir from our home base site in the Yamhill-Carlton just before the late September rains at ideal ripeness for carbonic maceration. Our our new site in Elkton was able to hang through the rains and was nice and ripe a few weeks into October during what we jokingly called our second 2023 harvest after putting the wines we had picked pre-rains to rest for the year The “Méthode Carbonique” is made entirely from the whole cluster carbonic maceration approach, most commonly associated with Gamay winemaking in the Beaujolais. We find this style works wonderfully with some of our Pinot noir sites and makes a wine that is perfectly approachable, fun, and purely Pinot. We age the carbonic wines mostly in stainless steel, but also in old barrels for textural pick up and to elevate the structure of the wine."