2023 Sangiovese Rosé
Picked 9/25/2023
7:30 to 11:00 am
Pickers were John and Gail Diserens and Colin Perry
18 gallons free run juice from Sangiovese. 30 ppm SO2
23.4 Brix, pH 3.36 T.A. 8.25 grams/liter
pitched with PDM yeast
9/26/2023
Pitched with VP41 Malo-Lactic culture
10/2/2023
Racked into closed containers
10/5/2023
Still fernemting pH 3.26 T.A. 8.25 grams/liter
10/14/2023
Racking today
Just a tiny bit of color picked up
16 gallons 40 ppm SO2
11/2/2023
racking again, now all in 1 15.5 gallong keg
pH 3.26 T.A. 9.0 grams/liter Need to cold staballize and hope acid drops out.
3/25/2024
Bottling today
added 40 ppm SO2
just a touch over 6 cases.