Just got notice from George at FVW that the next release starts shipping tomorrow. I've been waiting for this Amarone and have very high hopes for it!
Just bottled a batch yesterday from last year's release. Used the all-grape pack along with BM45 and FT Rouge. Also aged on some extra Hungarian oak cubes.
Really like how this one's progressing and looking forward to sampling again in 12 months, but looks like a winner so far!
Glad to hear that, I'm looking forward to starting it as soon as it gets here. I read somewhere that MM was using a new grape pack, like to see what that looks like too. My current plan is to ferment with BM 4 x 4 with the grape pack loose in the mix, skipping all chems except KMS and carboy aging til it's clear and then putting it in a Hungarian oak barrel for 6 months. That should make it over a year old before bottling, and then tuck it away someplace safe til 2018.
John - no dextrose? At 1.100, and fermenting to dry, you'll get an ABV of about 14.4%. Usually Amarones are north of 15%. Are you planning any chapitalization to bump that up a little, or just let it ride?
Nope, just gonna let it ride. It does have a pretty juicy looking raisin pack, but it won't affect the ABV by any appreciable amount.
Not disagreeing -- just quantifying. 454 g of raisins (which are about 2/3 sugar) should increase SG of 6 gallons by 0.004, or, bumping the ABV by 0.5%.
Just racked this and stabilized. Looks to be missing about 1.5 of wine. Not too thrilled with that considering the price of this kit. On the other hand the Meglioli Sicilian Primativo we did just prior to this came with a huge skin pack, which left us with well over 23l racking to secondary, the remainder of which we were able to add back in at stabilization. Anyone else experiencing similar results?
Mine was about a bottle short after pressing the fruit. I wasn't surprised since my 23 liter carboys seem to be 23.75 liters. I always get 31 bottles from them when I bottle. Mine is still in carboy, no fining agents used, racked once off of a layer of light sediment, it's not completely clear yet, but a long way from bottling anyway.
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