{"id":2489,"date":"2011-10-27T14:30:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T22:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wineintheshower.com\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2011-10-27T14:30:04","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T22:30:04","slug":"syrah-mlf-mostly-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/2011\/10\/27\/syrah-mlf-mostly-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrah MLF (mostly) Done"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2491\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2491\" href=\"\/index.php\/2011\/10\/27\/syrah-mlf-mostly-done\/syrah-malic-test-6-weeks-mlf\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2491\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2491\" title=\"syrah malic test 6 weeks MLF\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/syrah-malic-test-6-weeks-MLF-500x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/syrah-malic-test-6-weeks-MLF-500x373.jpg 500w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/syrah-malic-test-6-weeks-MLF.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malic acid quick test results, batch #2 on the left and batch #1 on the right<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost 6 weeks after initiating <a href=\"\/index.php\/winemaking-definitions\/malolactic-fermentation-mlf-malo\/\">malolactic fermentation<\/a> on our <a href=\"\/index.php\/2011\/09\/04\/2011-syrah-harvest-at-live-oak-vineyard\/\">2011 Fallbrook Syrah<\/a>.  I tested malic acid levels today with the Accuvin quick tests.  <a href=\"\/index.php\/2011\/09\/07\/pitching-yeast-on-2011-syrah\/\">Batch #1<\/a> (fermented with ICV-D80) is the one batch that didn&#8217;t seem to be progressing at all, but today it <em>seems<\/em> to be below the max value on the scale.  When the readings are in the middle it&#8217;s sometimes difficult to tell exactly what the value is, but I think it&#8217;s around 110-150 mg\/L.  The remaining 3 batches are definitely done, no malic acid detectable!  I&#8217;ll give batch #1 two more weeks of stirring then test again, it should be close enough to done to add <a href=\"\/index.php\/winemaking-definitions\/so2-kmeta-sulfite-metabisuphite-potassium-metabisulphite\/\">sulfite<\/a>.  The rest are getting their sulfite today, and the group will decide what oaks, if any, to put in each batch.  I&#8217;ve been very happy with 100% medium toast French oak, but trying something different is always fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It&#8217;s almost 6 weeks after initiating malolactic fermentation on our 2011 Fallbrook Syrah. I tested malic acid levels today with the Accuvin quick tests. Batch #1 (fermented with ICV-D80) is the one batch that didn&#8217;t seem to be progressing at all, but today it seems to be below the max value on the scale. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[60,33,4,79,40,41,62,80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2489"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2500,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489\/revisions\/2500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}