Rougir - 2024
Co-ferment of 56% Semillon + 23% Pinot Noir + 18% Viognier + 3% Pinot Gris.
Certified organic/biodynamic fruit. Raupo Vineyard, Marlborough.
Co-ferment of 56% Semillon + 23% Pinot Noir + 18% Viognier + 3% Pinot Gris.
Certified organic/biodynamic fruit. Raupo Vineyard, Marlborough.
Co-ferment of 56% Semillon + 23% Pinot Noir + 18% Viognier + 3% Pinot Gris.
Certified organic/biodynamic fruit. Raupo Vineyard, Marlborough.
Hand-harvested Pinot Noir, Gris, and Viognier grapes. A rolling ferment process was used, starting with the earlier picked varietals first that spent 3-4 days on skins before being pressed to a stainless steel tank. The remaining juice was added, and then the combined volume was transferred to neutral oak barrels. Wild fermentation was initiated with a vineyard ferment starter (pied du cuve), followed by lees stirring and partial malolactic fermentation. After 9.5 months, the wine was racked, assembled, and settled before being bottled unfined, unfiltered, with a minimal SO2 addition.
Treat this wine like a rose or a chilled red, best served cold.