Anyone bottling their '07 wines yet?
I have a Viognier that is close to bottling. One it has finished cold stabilizing, will be bottling - probly within a couple weeks. Anyone else doing any early bottling?
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16 years ago
'07 bottling?
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16 years ago
Yes, I bottled "Paul's Pink Pinot" last week.
This was my first time to make Pinot Gris. I was not intending to make an off white wine but that is what I did. I crushed one afternoon, cold soaked and pressed the PINK juice the next day. Oh well, it fermented and cleared REALLY fast and the taste is pretty darn good. Next year I may actually make a white Pinot Gris :)
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16 years ago
Funny you mentioned that. I normally make a Grenache as a blush but this year I took it right off the skins and it is white. Maybe it will improve but right now I think it's spineless; I really liked it the old way. I'm probably talking about 8 hours of contact time difference, it's not huge.
I bled off a gallon of Merlot and 'mixed black' (out of 7 gallons gallons total) for blushes too. Those seem ok and it did seem to improve the reds too.
I may bottle the gallons soon. All my northern whites are still fermenting.
Joe