The rewards and frustrations of home winemaking

Racking Cab to the Barrel

We racked the cab out of the lovely grey trash cans into an even lovelier new American oak barrel with medium toast.ย  Dave and I ended up with a full 30 gallon barrel plus a 6 gallon carboy and another 2 gallon bottle full of fine lees.ย  I checked the malic acid, and itโ€™s down to 150 mg/L, progressing nicely!ย  Racking really got the beasties going, it started bubbling a lot.

We gave it a taste, and itโ€™s going to be nice!ย  Very fruit-forward, softer than the big bad merlot.ย  We should get some nice blends out of these!