2025 Baco Noir
updated 09/14/2025
September 2025
Yesterday my son & I drove 4 hours to Glade Spring Vineyard, crushed 120 lbs Chardonnel, 210 lbs Baco Noir, 25 lbs Marechal Foch, and 25 lbs Leon Millot.
This wine is a field blend of Baco, Foch, and Leon Millot, focused heavily on the Baco.
Ingredients
| Fruit | 210 lbs Baco Noir 25 lbs Marechal Foch 25 lbs Leon Millot |
| Maceration Enzyme | 10.5 ml ScottZyme Color Pro enzyme, divided |
| Nutrient | 31 g FermAid-O, divided 9 tsp Fermax + DAP, divided |
| Yeast | 5 tsp Renaissance Avante 5 tsp Renaissance Bravo |
| Starter | 30 g Go-Ferm Sterol Flash, divided |
| K-meta | as required |
| Fermentation Oak | 4 cups shredded, medium toast American oak, divided |
| Malolactic Bacteria | Lalvin 31 (see below for amount) |
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Method
| Crushed the grapes and divided into two containers. Did not check brix or SG.
The grapes are field blended, so we didn’t bother with segregating them at crush time. Which containers contain which is unknown. |
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| Batch #1: 138 lbs grapes. Added 16 g Fermaid-O nutrient, 5.5 ml Color Pro, and 2 cups medium toast American oak chips. Made starter with 5 tsp Avante and 15 g Go-Ferm.
Batch #2: 122 lbs grapes. Added 15 g Fermaid-O nutrient, 5.0 ml Color Pro, and 2 cups medium toast American oak chips. Made starter with 5 tsp Bravo and 15 g Go-Ferm. We are trying Go-Ferm Sterol Flash this year, which calls for hydrating the yeast with the Go-Ferm for 15 minutes, then inoculating. |
10/14/2025 A: SG 1.080 B: SG 1.080 |
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Notes
| Yield | ?? bottles |
| Alcohol | ??.?% ABV |
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