Sunday, October 7, 2018

2018 Sauv. Blanc & Syrah, day 15

07:00
Fine bubbles climbing the sides of both wines.  Little change.  Sauvignon Blanc is still custard-thick and colored.

Here's an image showing the accumulation of lees in the Sauvignon Blanc, carboy #3.  Left is day 10.  Right is day 15.  I lit the two pics differently and the color was distracting, so futzed around, but you get the idea.  Snowpeaks of dead yeast and grape innards rising over the line of 5 days ago.  (In the last of the juice to come out of the primary fermenter, a one gallon jug, there's 4 inches of lees and as they compact there's a growing headspace.  I doubt it will be usable for topping off.)

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