The rewards and frustrations of home winemaking

Shuffling Petite Sirah

I wanted to try some egg white fining on the 2009 Petite Sirah.ย  We tasted it recently and decided it was good without any fining, but I’ve had a previous vintage with fining and really liked the results.ย  So, I decided to go for it.

We have a 30 gallon barrel plus one 6 gallon and one 5 gallon carboy.ย  I thought it would be best to shuffle the wine that has not been in the barrel into the barrel, which meant taking that amount of wine out of the barrel first. After all of the shuffling I added 2.7 mL of an egg white solution (fresh egg white, a pinch of salt, and a little water mixed gently) into the 6 gallon carboy.ย  Now it sits for 3 weeks, then I’ll rack the fined wine into a fresh carboy and see how I like the results.ย  Stay tuned …