About a week ago weracked our MM Master's Barolo into a 5 gal. carboy and 1 gal.jug for a short bit of bulk aging. Plan to bottlein a week or so.
In short, so far, the taste of this wine is stunning. In this last racking, we transferred what we thought was the most yucky liquid with lees,bottom of the carboy,into a 750 ml bottle and put an airlock on it for some 5 days. Put it in the refrigerator for a while, after whichI decanted about 4 oz. as carefully asI could off of the lees into a glass. Thought it would be terrible.
Well, it was as good as anything that I have ever had the privilege of drinking! While I describe my palate as Texas redneck, used to Lone Star and Shiner beer, I have had a few high end wines here and there, including big name Bordeaux's and the like.
Based on this, my purchase plan for future wine kits will include a lot of this! After about a year of aging, I bet it will be good.
Whew!
In short, so far, the taste of this wine is stunning. In this last racking, we transferred what we thought was the most yucky liquid with lees,bottom of the carboy,into a 750 ml bottle and put an airlock on it for some 5 days. Put it in the refrigerator for a while, after whichI decanted about 4 oz. as carefully asI could off of the lees into a glass. Thought it would be terrible.
Well, it was as good as anything that I have ever had the privilege of drinking! While I describe my palate as Texas redneck, used to Lone Star and Shiner beer, I have had a few high end wines here and there, including big name Bordeaux's and the like.
Based on this, my purchase plan for future wine kits will include a lot of this! After about a year of aging, I bet it will be good.
Whew!