Pickle jars of Muscat juice over chilled, solidified lees. Gooooood morning!Grenache (1 Brix) and Syrah (2.5 Brix) nearly dry! Will recalibrate tomorrow, but it was pretty obvious that the Grenache was speeding through things quicker than the rest of the wine. Mike and Pam should expect to press Saturday or Sunday, for sure.
Merlot blend is at 5 Brix (subject to the same calibration). Cap is still rebuilding every few hours (punched down at 6:30 and at 9:30).
Muscat... I started trying to cool it at 7:30 and am considering moving it outdoors. Currently at room temperature and only down 1 Brix. Buy room temp is 10' higher than textbook for whites. (On the other hand, we did not use a low temp yeast.) We'll see.
I also added back the chilled juice from the lees that I refrigerated after the initial settling. Total loss was between 2 or 3 cups. Nice.
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