Winemaking Technique
Pumpover
Cap Management
Pumpover draws fermenting juice from the tank bottom and sprays it over the floating cap, extracting color and tannin while aerating the ferment. It suits larger tanks and full-bodied reds where vigorous extraction is desired.
Also known as: Remontage, Pump-over
Purpose
Extract color and tannin by circulating juice over the cap.
Process stage
Fermentation
How it works
- Cabernet
- Syrah
- Large-scale red production
Common wine styles
Common grape varieties
Common regions
Descriptors created
Descriptors reduced
Opposite techniques
Serving implications
Beginner explanation
Pumpover is the industrial version of keeping red fermenting must in contact with skins.
Related ontology entities
- Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Style
- Syrah / Shiraz Wine Style
- Malbec Wine Style
- Bordeaux Wine Region
- Napa Valley Wine Region
- Barossa Valley Wine Region
- Mendoza Wine Region
- Extracted Descriptor
- Tannic Descriptor
- Jammy Descriptor
- Cabernet Sauvignon Grape Variety
- Room Temperature Serving
- Extended Decant Serving