Pinot Noir N°3

Specially chosen grapes are stored for six to ten days, depending on the quality of the vintage, at 5° Celsius in 5000 litre oak vats from Burgundy. This pre-fermentation cold maceration gives the final wine a more complex fruity flavour. During fermentation with a specially selected pure yeast culture from Burgundy, the top of the marc (the cap) is pounded six times a day by hand (“pigeage à main”).

The grapes are pressed using our two magnificent beam presses from the 16th and 18th centuries respectively. This indirect pressing is regarded as being particularly gentle. This wine is matured for 15 months in 228 litre Burgundy pièces (barrels). One third of the wine is ripened in new barrels. This means that, in addition to the dark forest fruits of the No. 2 wine, here there are also traces of spices, cloves and cocoa supplementing the fruity flavours. The woody bouquet of this Pinot Noir is somewhat more marked than that of the No. 2. To preserve these aromas, the No. 3 is also only gently filtered.

We recommend not opening our No. 3 for at least two or three years after bottling. That’s how long it takes to develop its full flavour. We believe that it does not reach its best for six to nine years.

Mémoire des Vins Suisses

Thanks to its Pinot Noir No. 3, Schlossgut Bachtobel is a member of the exclusive “Mémoire des Vins Suisses” group.