Brocard Pierre Saignee de La Cote Extra Brut of Pinot Noir NV

From the Winemaker:

Rosé Saignée de la Côte is a wild ride of psychedelic flavors, with an incredibly long finish designed to elevate food pairings or take you on a magic carpet ride. The color is intense ruby with orange highlights. The flavor profile is a celebration of savory red fruits, jam, strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, and touches of rose petals, violets, pepper, and cinnamon. The palate, reminiscent of a red Coteaux Champenois, is full-bodied and vinous with thrilling acidity, red fruits, cinnamon, and licorice. It is a pure expression of Côte des Bar pinot noir. A true, bold Saignée, perfect when paired with lamb; Thibaud himself prefers it with Indian food.

Vinification – Grapes are manually harvested and left intact in whole clusters, then placed in stainless steel, where they undergo a semi-carbonic fermentation. Some of the bunches are crushed in the bottom third of the tank and undergo spontaneous fermentation. The grapes are then gently pressed in a vertical Coquard press and spend 80 hours macerating on the skins. Malolactic fermentation is natural and spontaneous, and the wines are not filtered or cold stabilized. After secondary fermentation in bottle, the wine ages on its lees for three years before disgorgement and a final dosage of 2g/L of organic cane sugar.