{"id":648,"date":"2009-10-03T22:52:15","date_gmt":"2009-10-04T05:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wineintheshower.com\/?p=648"},"modified":"2009-12-30T14:12:34","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T22:12:34","slug":"syrah-primitivo-and-merlot-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/2009\/10\/03\/syrah-primitivo-and-merlot-oh-my\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrah, Primitivo, and Merlot &#8212; Oh My!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_649\" style=\"width: 436px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-649\" class=\"size-full wp-image-649\" title=\"server room winery1 100309\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/server-room-winery1-100309.JPG\" alt=\"Thisis what 1500 pounds of merlot looks like!\" width=\"426\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/server-room-winery1-100309.JPG 2048w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/server-room-winery1-100309-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/server-room-winery1-100309-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is what 1500 pounds of merlot looks like!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yep, harvest season is in full swing.\u00a0 Our merlot from Dry Creek Valley in Sonoma arrived Tuesday.\u00a0 The plan was to do a 4-5 day cold soak, then pitch the yeast on Sunday &#8212; except it started spontaneously fermenting on Friday!\u00a0 Paul ran out and got the yeasts to pitch, ICV-D21 and BM4x4.\u00a0 Chris recommended these yeasts, he said the grapes have a vegetal overtone this year.\u00a0 These yeasts will bring out the fruity character more.\u00a0 So, I had to go in to the server room winery to punch down 9 32-gallon trash cans!\u00a0 It wasn&#8217;t fermenting too vigorously in the morning, but by evening it was sizzling away with happy yeasts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1199\" title=\"merlot post punch 100309\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/merlot-post-punch-1003091.JPG\" alt=\"merlot post punch 100309\" width=\"427\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/merlot-post-punch-1003091.JPG 640w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/merlot-post-punch-1003091-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It was also time to give the syrah and primitivo a stir and check for <a href=\"\/index.php\/winemaking-definitions\/malolactic-fermentation-mlf-malo\/\">malolactic fermentation<\/a>.\u00a0 They both smelled great, the primitivo has rich aromas of spicy dark fruit, and the syrah has lovely violet, strawberry, and plum tones, very fruit forward.\u00a0 I used quick tests to check for lactic acid, a sign that <a href=\"\/index.php\/winemaking-definitions\/malolactic-fermentation-mlf-malo\/\">MLF<\/a> is active.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-652\" title=\"lactic test crop\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lactic-test-crop.jpg\" alt=\"lactic test crop\" width=\"467\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lactic-test-crop.jpg 1093w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lactic-test-crop-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lactic-test-crop-1024x654.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s always difficult to read these tests, but since I had the 2 samples, it was clear that the primitivo is actively undergoing MLF, but the syrah has barely any detectable lactic acid.\u00a0 The syrah is a slightly higher alcohol content, hopefully that is not inhibiting the MLF.\u00a0 Since the primi is working, though, it&#8217;s not likely the bugs or the temperature.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll check again next weekend and hope for the best!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, harvest season is in full swing.\u00a0 Our merlot from Dry Creek Valley in Sonoma arrived Tuesday.\u00a0 The plan was to do a 4-5 day cold soak, then pitch the yeast on Sunday &#8212; except it started spontaneously fermenting on Friday!\u00a0 Paul ran out and got the yeasts to pitch, ICV-D21 and BM4x4.\u00a0 Chris recommended [&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":[28,33,4,40,32,41,68,62],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648"}],"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=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1200,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions\/1200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/docker.vsl:8080\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}