Monday, September 4, 2017

2016 Chardonnay, day 339

Holy moly, long time no post.

With the summer new wine party not happening this June we've let the wine cruise in it's carboys.  But we're getting ready to taste & bottle and potentially make way for a batch of 2017 reds.  2 days ago we picked up corks and more clear bottles from Pagano at Brooklyn Terminal Market and put a couple of carboys up on the racking shelf.  Gird yourself.



Afternoon & 10 gallons bottled.  Zero sediment in the carboys.  Good tasting chardonnay.  No metabisulfites added - the wine was at about 15 ppm and I let it ride.  Some bottles got more aerated than I would have liked, but so it goes.

I did not taste the CB that was questionable back in the spring: will do so.  There's also a 3 gallon CB, which might be begging to become vermouth...

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