{"id":340,"date":"2009-03-10T14:43:21","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T21:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wineintheshower.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2009-12-30T13:58:41","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T21:58:41","slug":"try-mlf-on-merlot-again-and-first-reserve-kit-for-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/2009\/03\/10\/try-mlf-on-merlot-again-and-first-reserve-kit-for-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Try MLF on Merlot Again and First Reserve Kit for 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time to rack<\/a> and check the home merlot.\u00a0 I splash racked<\/a> again, and tested\/tasted it.\u00a0 The Free SO2 <\/a> seemed to be below 20 ppm, so I\u2019m going to try to restart MLF<\/a> with the dried bacteria<\/a> I got in December.\u00a0 I\u2019m not optimistic, because I\u2019m pretty sure the bacteria is no good after this long, but I\u2019m going to try.\u00a0 Today I add the malostart and recheck the malic acid levels:\u00a0 >500 mg\/L for lot A, and about 300 mg\/L for lot B.\u00a0 They both are quite tasty, but I think they both have enough oak now, so it won\u2019t get transferred this time.\u00a0 Lot A has flavors of spiced fruit, and is definitely spicier and \u201cbigger\u201d than lot B, which is still very fruit-forward with a good nose of berries and oak.\u00a0 Both are very clear, so the racking has paid off.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the first reserve wine kits have arrived and I\u2019m ready to start!\u00a0 I got both a Barolo from Mosti Mondiale and a \u00a0Muller-Thurgau (moooo-ler Tur-gow) from RJ Spagnols.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to start the MT first, since the cellar is sadly lacking in crisp whites!\u00a0 This kit had about 5 gallons of juice (read as:\u00a0 heavy to lift and pour!), and elderflowers \u2013 I haven\u2019t used those before.\u00a0 They came in these big \u201cinfusion bags,\u201d basically 4 giant tea bags that get soaked in hot water first, then the water and the bags get added to the juice for fermentation. \u00a0I\u2019ll start the Barolo tomorrow, too much wine-ing for today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Time to rack and check the home merlot.\u00a0 I splash racked again, and tested\/tasted it.\u00a0 The Free SO2 seemed to be below 20 ppm, so I\u2019m going to try to restart MLF with the dried bacteria I got in December.\u00a0 I\u2019m not optimistic, because I\u2019m pretty sure the bacteria is no good after this long, […]<\/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":[47,33,4,22,32,46,8,18,27,5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340"}],"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=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1185,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions\/1185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}