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First Transfer of Red Wine
By Shea Comfort

Transfer clean wine in preparation for Malolactic Fermentation   Once the alcoholic fermentation is over it is time to begin the Malolactic Fermentation (the next chapter will discuss the MLF in detail). Before MLF is possible, it's important to get rid of the unwanted solids...

Racking Post MLF
By Shea Comfort

Having finished MLF, the wine should be removed from any sediment at the bottom of the vessel by racking. Whenever you need to do a racking it is a good idea to test your wine for needed additions (especially SO2). Any addition can easily be added during the transfer. By consolidating multiple...

Tasting And Adjusting Reds During Aging
By Shea Comfort

We need to occasionally check in on the wine‟s progress by testing and tasting every 4-6 weeks throughout the entire maturation period. What we are looking for is the following:   1.  Is everything all right? Is the wine still fresh and fruity? Or, are there any funky,...

Additional Transfers/Controlled Oxygen Exposure
By Shea Comfort

Depending on how much sediment is in the wine, it may need to be racked a few times during its maturation. In addition to helping clear the wine, racking can also be used as a way to insert a small, beneficial amount of oxygen.  If the wine is a little edgy when you first taste a sample,...

First Transfer of White Wine (Lees Management)
By Shea Comfort

Once the correct TA/pH and SO2 levels have been adjusted, the lees will have been stirred-up during the addition and the wine will be cloudy. We can either transfer the wine now to our ageing/storage vessels or we can wait. The timing and how we carry out this racking will determine the amount...

Final Racking and Whether to Sterile Filter
By Shea Comfort

Once the wine has cold stabilized you should have clear wine sitting on top of a layer of crystals that form a crust on the bottom and occasionally the sides of the vessel. If you also heat stabilized then you will also have a layer of bentonite/protein lees under the crystal crust. Now you...

Transferring/Racking Wine
By Shea Comfort

In winemaking, transferring the product from one container to another is referred to as racking and can be done in one of three ways:   Siphoning With small volumes, racking is usually done by gravity using a simple siphon set-up. This is a good, low-cost solution that works...
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