DOMAINE JEAN-PIERRE HERR, PINOT GRIS 2019

13.5%

30 years old

Certified HVE and Organic. Winter pruning starts in November, using Guyot simple short-arched techniques (max 10 buds), tied up close along the wire to optimize good aeration and prevent leaves packing (against Mildew). Spring starts with 2 mechanical ridging/ploughing back to kill weeds and protect younger vines against frost. These tasks are followed by suckering (removing the excess of branches) and disbudding the vines to control the yield’s quality. When necessary, a very limited quantity of organic compounds is applied. End of May through mid-July, Yann is tying up again the spur in between the wires without pruning. After that, until end of August, this is the time for a final plowing and mechanical trimming. Harvests start in September, entirely done by hand and by plot, when pick maturity is reached.

Vegan and natural wine: Full cluster pressed with pneumatic press, no maceration. Settling by gravity for 12 hours. The must temperature is lowered to 10°C/50°F before racking. Cold natural Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeast (temperature kept under 18°C/64.5°F) in stainless steel tanks: this process last until February, at the latest. Multiple tastings to define when the Alcoholic fermentation is stopped. No Malolactic fermentation. Tangential filtration (Vegan) to stop Alcoholic fermentation and clarify the wine, preventing the use of Sulfites or finning compounds. Extremely low dosage of sulfites when bottling to prevent contamination.

Pinot Gris

650 cases

Alsace

Alsace, France

Terroirs on Heiligenstein/Gertwiller, lower altitude, South-East exposition, clay-sand with sandstone pebble soil, no water source, slope moderately steep

2019