2024 Vidal
October 2024
Today I met the owners of Glade Spring Vineyard to get the Vidal, which is already crushed. This is the last wine of the year.
Ingredients
Fruit | 130 lbs Vidal |
Maceration Enzyme | 2 ml Cinn Free |
Yeast | 2 packets Lalvin 71B |
Sugar | 4 lbs |
Nutrient?? | tsp Fermax + ?? tsp YAN |
Starter | 1 tsp DAP + 3 Tbsp sugar |
K-meta | as required |
Malolactic Bacteria | Lalvin 31 (see below for amount) |
Method
Picked up the grapes, which is very cold. SG reading is from the vineyard owner. | 10/20/2024 SG 1.062 |
Weigh the grapes, weight was a bit below original figure, so adjusted amounts.
Added 2 ml Cinn Free to 20 gallon Brute, poured all grapes on top. Added 4 lbs sugar and stirred. Measured SG in 3 places: 1.082, 1.082, 1.092. Obviously needs more stirring. Stirred really well, checked SG again in 3 places: 1.088 Update: added the starter plus Lalvin 31. |
10/21/2024 SG 1.088 |
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Notes
Yield | ?? bottles |
Alcohol | ??.?% ABV |
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