...scored a gold medal at The Great New York State Fair! It won a silver at the Winemaker Mag competition in April. Must be it got better with 4 more months of aging! =)
I did a "battonage" with it. I racked all the lees from the primary into the secondary and stirred them well every few days for a month. Apparently a few people thought it was a good idea! =)
Congrats on that Joan and I will be doing the same soon. Im usually not a huge white wine fan but have never really tried a good buttery Chard until i was a judge at a comp last week and I tried 2 Chards that were nice and buttery and loved them. You know how the rest goes!
I started it just before Christmas 2007 and bottled at the end of March 2008 so it's been in the bottle 17 months. Unfortunately I only have one bottle left! =(