Vinification:

2022 was an incredibly tough year for our family at Pilgrimage Wine Company. Jeannie Eckart (our gregarious grape-loving troubadour) passed suddenly during the
growing season and our passion for wine and grape growing vanished for some time.

Admittedly, the grapes were neglected and there was some talk of abandoning harvest all together. After several incredibly difficult months it was decided that we should salvage what we could and make the wine in her honor, since that is absolutely what she would have wanted.

We waited to pick as long as we could hoping to increase ripeness and make drier wines. In the end we achieved this goal. All reds were T-bin fermented dry, with no issues.

Racked and settled in stainless tanks, the wines were aged and ML completed in new Canton American Oak and used French Oak barrels for 1 year. The wine was assembled just prior to bottling with a light 5 micron filtration. No fining was required.