{"id":671,"date":"2009-10-10T23:21:31","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T06:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wineintheshower.com\/?p=671"},"modified":"2009-12-30T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T21:00:38","slug":"putting-the-new-press-to-work-and-testing-mlf-progression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/2009\/10\/10\/putting-the-new-press-to-work-and-testing-mlf-progression\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting the New Press to Work and Testing MLF Progression"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_0005\"All of our wines are fermenting fast this year, the merlot was already at 0 brix<\/a> by Friday.\u00a0 Dave retested all the cans Saturday morning after we had all gathered for pressing, and noticed that the hydrometer<\/a> he had used was broken — there was juice inside<\/em> of the hydrometer.\u00a0 But, luckily the juice was actually just at 0 brix<\/a> when retested with a new hydrometer (these things break often enough you should ALWAYS have 2 around!).\u00a0 So, we got started.<\/p>\n

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We got a REALLY big press, it holds 90 liters, and we could actually fill it with 2 whole cans of must<\/a> before starting the press!<\/p>\n

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We got through all 9 trash cans and cleaned everything up in 4 hours, in spite of all the trash talk.\u00a0 I covered all of the juice with plastic wrap and put a layer of CO2 over the top to help protect it until we pump it into the barrels and start MLF<\/a> in a few days.<\/p>\n

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On the note of MLF<\/a>, it’s the second week of MLF for the primitivo and syrah.\u00a0 Since the syrah had not yet kicked off MLF last week, I tested for lactic acid formation again in that wine.\u00a0 I then tested malic acid levels in the primitivo, since it had started converting malic acid to lactic acid last week.<\/p>\n

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Malic acid levels have dropped to about 160 mg\/L in the primitivo, which is showing good MLF progression.\u00a0 The syrah, however, still doesn’t show any detectable levels of lactic acid, so this one doesn’t seem to be moving.\u00a0 We’ll be picking up fresh MLB<\/a> and nutrient for the merlot when we go pick up our Petite Sirah this week, so we’ll get a little extra for the syrah.\u00a0 Although it is the same packet of MLB I put into the primitivo, it was added about a week afterwards.\u00a0 This bacteria is very sensitive and could have gone bad already, so hopefully a fresh dose will do the trick.\u00a0 Either way, both wines look lovely!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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