Sunday, May 31, 2009

Clarifying Racking

We met for the post-ML racking today for clarification and racked the merlot and cabernet. Both were good, but the merlot is extra tasty this year. :)
 
We racked:
 
- ~75G merlot, including mixing in the carboys and stainless containers.
 
- ~52G cabernet, plus we mixed in 5G malbec to give us extra cabernet for topping.
 
We added ~15ppm meta to the wine before racking it back into the barrels, plus Troy added a pinch of extra meta in the platypus containers for topping.
 
We have the malbec (WA and ID) left for tomorrow plus the Sangio/cab and WA Clone 6 cab.  Bob, Ray, Mike and Lee will work on that on Monday.
 
Everything went very smoothly. We're getting good at racking!
 
Bob's new barrel cradle is a great design and is working great.
 
--Troy

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