6 AM:
Cal B 78 F, 8 Brix, maintaining it's largest cap. Primitivo 76 F and 11.5 B. Not measuring Brix last evening let us shoot past where I wanted to add Fermaid K (which, I know, probably is the best indication that I really don't need to). Did add it this morning, but 20 g rather than the 30 I had in my mind to have added at the 2/3 sugar point.
Cal B is notably looser, but not in the same loose as a goose way of the Primitvo. Mike is hoping for a Sunday pressing.
Afternoon:
[Lori says...] Beautiful - at least a five inch cap and HOT! (though looks like it was just as hot this morning).
8 PM:
Both wines still have their largest caps. CalBlend looks lie 5 Brix on the standard hydrometer, but the short scale hydrometer says we're not there yet. Primitivo looks to be at 8 Brix.
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