Refined Gamay – light & bright 

Vineyard: Deanery Vineyard, Balhannah

Planted: 2004

Soil type: Sandy loam on sandstone & ironstone

Picking date: March 11, 2021

Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard

Processing: Destemmed retaining 50% whole berries with no whole bunch

Fermentation: Natural ferment in open top steel fermenters, hand plunged twice daily

Time on skins: 10 days

Pressing: Free run and pressings combined

Settling: Settled off gross lees for 7 days

Aging vessel: French Hogshead for 2 months, then stainless steel for 8 months

Filtration: No

Fining: No

Alc: 11.9%

pH: 3.41

TA: 6.7

SO2: 30F, 60T

Production: 35 dozen