a wordPigeage
Punching the cap down into the wine. The old tool is a plunger; the old method is bare legs.
Root. French pigeage, from piger / pigeon-dialect verbs for treading or pressing down
the exact etymon is disputed; Burgundian dialect is the usual source given Tradition
the exact etymon is disputed; Burgundian dialect is the usual source given Tradition
Facts
| kind | ferment |
|---|---|
| region | Burgundy |
| confidence | low · needs verification · updated 2026-09-16 |
Its kin
Sources
- Maceration (wine) · link
Where it came from: Cited a source we name · Harvested pulled from an open dataset · Tradition what the tradition says, hedged · Inference this project's reasoning · Field somebody stood there. This record as JSON.