Processing difference of Pinot Noir and Merlot

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Merlot and Pinot Noir (the red grape for Burgundian wines) both are processed the same. They're harvested, crushed, fermented, aged in barrel for a period of time and bottled. That's pretty much the same procedure for just about all grape wines. About the only difference is that some wines aren't aged in barrels before bottling. Of course there are other little nuances of winemaking such as cold soaking, malolactic fermentation, filtering, fining, cold stabilization, etc. that some wines are subject to, but the crushing, fermenting, etc. are the basics that all wines undergo.