VdP, Pinot Noir Terres rouges, Méta-Phusis - S. Bettschen - 2020

Viticulture

The metaPHUSIS range is made from grapes or wines purchased from respectful winemakers whose work and plots Steve Bettschen knows. This cuvée comes from a large limestone terrace located in Les Plantées, on the heights of Le Landeron, in the canton of Neuchâtel. The lower part of the vineyard is about sixty years old and is made up of a genuine massal selection grafted on G1 (Grézot 1), an old rootstock no longer really used (due to its poor recovery in the nursery). This massal selection is very diversified: no two individuals are the same!

Oenology

The harvest took place on 28 September and the grapes reached 88°Oe. They are placed in stainless steel tanks with 1/3 whole bunches. After three weeks, the wine is devatted and then put into oak barrels for a year's ageing (2nd and 3rd passage barrels). Malolactic fermentation takes place the following spring and maturation continues throughout the summer. In the autumn, the two barrels are placed in stainless steel tanks to spend the winter.