Outside 48 F.
Cellar 65 F.
Erin, Lori and I racked the Sauvignon Blanc.
First the testing.
- I was expecting the free SO2 to be pretty low and was prepared to raise it to halt any MLF. But, low and behold, it tested above 30 ppm with Titrettes. We ran the test twice - it was a little hard to believe. So, we dodged a sulpher bullet. Was all set to use the sulfite calculator at Winemaker Mag. Our testing was from CB B - the middle 5 gallons.
- pH 3.36
We racked each of the three 5 gallon CBs into separate carboys, and topped each with wine from the 3 gallon carboy. We took another gallon from the 3 gal CB and put it into a jug for future topping off. The old 1 gal. jug, which was about halfway full with lees, was about as foul as you might expect, so we just tossed it.
So, 5+5+5+3+1 => 5+5+5+1. Depending on ho clean we kept the racking, we can still hope for finishing with 6 cases of wine.
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| S.B. after 1st racking. |
21:00
With a bright line shining through the necks of the S.B. Carboys... they are still. Gone are even the fine bubbles that were there before we racked the wine off of the lees.
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