What do scientists do? The answer is "experiment". This year, since our harvest exceeded our expectations, we have a few small kegs to experiment with. My husband is interested in making a Pét-Nat wine from one of our 10-liter kegs of Chenin Blanc.
The article, What Is Pét-Nat Wine? An Ancient Winemaking Style on the Rise on Bloomberg Pursuits online, provides a very good explanation for what this style of wine is.
The article explained that the term "Pét-Nat" can be traced back to sometime in the ’90s in France’s Loire Valley when two natural winemakers, Thierry Puzelat and Christian Chaussard, began rediscovering the method of producing sparkling wines in this style.
The pét-nat style is also referred to as méthode ancestrale, meaning the wine is bottled before primary fermentation is finished, without the addition of secondary yeasts or sugars. This method produces a simpler, more rustic sparkler than Champagne, one that is traditionally cloudy, unfiltered, and often bottled with a crown cap (like a beer) rather than a cork.
I'll try to chronicle our experiment in pét-nat. Please watch this site.
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