Dinner at the farm again!
This time my second favorite Iranian dish…khoresh fesenjun.
Back to the wine. Topping off of all the syrah took 2 bottles.
- ’11 Syrah:
- Stirred the wine.
- Nose: good, still a little off, but settling down since last time.
- Taste: mouth feel good. Less tannins than the ’10.
- No sound coming from the barrel.
- I did an Accuvin Malic acid test. Came out completely clear, implying that the MLF is done. I took a sample to drop off at Vinquiry tomorrow.
- It took more than a bottle to top off.
- ’10 Syrah
- Nose was wonderful.
- Tannins smoothing out. Definitely better mouth feel than the ’10 in bottles.
- Between the 30 and 15 gallon barrels, topping off took almost another bottle of the ’10.
- ’11 Zin:
- Still hear a little crackling going on.
- Accuvin malic tested clear, so the MLF must be close to done. But I will wait for the Vinquiry test until I don’t hear anything any more.
- Nose is still off. Definitely need to copper fine.
- Taste was still pretty good. Lot’s of fruit.
- ’11 Rose
- Bubbling away still.
- Nose was citrus and fruit.
- Color is gorgeous; salmon pink.
- Taste was crisp. I am pretty sure less sugar in both carboys.
- My sugar test tablets had gone bad. They were all black. I wonder if I spilled some liquid in them last time I used them. Need to get more in the next few days.
- I tried the Accuvin on both carboys. Both tests maxed out showing lots of malic left. I would like to be sure that it is the sugar fermenting. Here is what the test strip looked like:
