The rewards and frustrations of home winemaking

Daily archive: 14 03 2009

First Racking of Barolo

The instructions say to rack the Barolo when the SG reaches 1.040-1.050, and the SG today is 1.038.ย  I guess I didnโ€™t expect it to go so fast, although after racking, itโ€™s obviously still in vigorous fermentation.ย  The oak chips get added at this point, they can been seen floating in the foam at the […]