I have 80 liters of a Malbec (88%) and cab sauv (12%) blend from Chilean grapes in a Hungarian oak barrel. The wine is thin/light colored - I think because I cold stabilized it.
I also have 80 liters of petite sirah (85%) and red zin (15%) in carboys.
I'm thinking about blending 40 liters of the PS-zin with the malbec to give it more color. If I did, the final blend would be:
Malbec: 43.71%
Cab sauve: 6.29%
PEtite sirah: 42.52%
Zin: 7.48 %
I know this isn't a typical blend. Any thoughts?? Good idea/bad idea?
I'm really excited about the petite sirah and I feel a little guilty for sacrificing half of it but I will still have 40 liters to age in my 40 L barrel and the other half could enhance the Malbec
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Mixttibsk
I also have 80 liters of petite sirah (85%) and red zin (15%) in carboys.
I'm thinking about blending 40 liters of the PS-zin with the malbec to give it more color. If I did, the final blend would be:
Malbec: 43.71%
Cab sauve: 6.29%
PEtite sirah: 42.52%
Zin: 7.48 %
I know this isn't a typical blend. Any thoughts?? Good idea/bad idea?
I'm really excited about the petite sirah and I feel a little guilty for sacrificing half of it but I will still have 40 liters to age in my 40 L barrel and the other half could enhance the Malbec
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Mixttibsk
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