Ponderosa is Christine’s affectionate name for where these grapes grow. The rows of vines are very close together. Christine wanted to name the wine this way to call attention to the special place the grapes come from, rather than highlighting the individual grape varieties in the wine. It sports a light red color due to the small amount of skin contact on the Pinot Gris combined with the red color from the Pinot Noir.
Age of Vines: 25+ years
Soil: Devonian Slate
Varieties: mostly Pinot Gris with a pinch of Pinot Noir
Vinification Method: Grapes are hand-harvested, and left as whole bunches. The bunches are foot stomped and ferment semi-carbonically for about one week. The wine is then pressed into oak barrels to finish fermentation on the full lees. The wine is not stirred and no batonnage is performed and it is bottled, unfined, unfiltered, and with zero addition of sulfur.
Personality: light and bright, very vibrant! Ethereal, graceful rosé with only around 11,5 % ABV.
Age of Vines: 25+ years
Soil: Devonian Slate
Varieties: mostly Pinot Gris with a pinch of Pinot Noir
Vinification Method: Grapes are hand-harvested, and left as whole bunches. The bunches are foot stomped and ferment semi-carbonically for about one week. The wine is then pressed into oak barrels to finish fermentation on the full lees. The wine is not stirred and no batonnage is performed and it is bottled, unfined, unfiltered, and with zero addition of sulfur.
Personality: light and bright, very vibrant! Ethereal, graceful rosé with only around 11,5 % ABV.
