Recent content by Dominick

Hey all... just bottled the Castellina up from last year. I did not use any clarifiers. I bulk aged in a pitch black cold cellar till now. Dissolved the proper amount of camden tablets before bottling the wine. Looking good, smelling good, tasting good. Going to age it till next summer in...

Jack I was thinking Chianti but decided to user Nero d'Avola. I used 2 bottles ofthe Nerothat I made to top off and its been aging in the carboy. I did not use any clairifiers, im just letting it age down in the cellar. - Cant wait to try it it smells really good. Edited by: Dominick

We love this grape. I gotta order more. My Dad hates wine, he loves this Nero, he just finished 1/2 a bottle and was trashed!!! hahahahahahaha...

Thank you sir!

Thanks, the Lambrusco got a 3rd racking on 10/25/08 So i just want this to age a little, I guess I'll rack again in maybe 6months and then let it age another 6months then bottle. As for my castellina di siena this will age for 2yrs+ before i bottle it. I will rack it maybe 2 more times...

just checked this today, smells amazing. im gonna need to top off as this ages in the carboy and i defintly dont want too add water too top off, what should I use to top this wine with? Was thinking of using a bottle of Nero d'avola. What do ya think? Edited by: Dominick

Its weird cause after it fermented, this thing was sparking like a mutha. You could look at the top of it in the fermentation bucket and was really sparkling alot looked really nice. I guess I must of degassed TOO MUCH. Can you over-degass your wine? is that possible? I just don't want...

yea ill just let this sit for 2 years, figure ill rack it in 1 year add some camdem then let it sit another year.

Racked this one today. Added the metabisulphite and sorbate, i didnt add the insinglass, i was thinking bulk age first, then when ready to bottle add the clairifiers, then rack again, then bottle.

Just racked it again, took a taste,.. not that bad, it isn't sparkling that i see. It smells off, maybe it needs to sit a while. Taste not that bad, my father liked it more then i did, im gonna buy a bottle of it today in a store and taste, see if its similar, plus top up. just picked up a...

Lookin good Jim!! I really like the Nero, think you will too. I just opened a bottle thats been aging for only 1 month so far, its smells fruity and yummo, taste is great, fruity and its strong yet smooth without being astringent or sweet, the color is dark ruby red and is on point...

Yep Jim thats exactly what broke. One of the plastic prongs snapped off it. You hit the nail on the head. I just used a tube and the supplied mesh filter, and syphoned manual. My niece got a kick out of it and was laughing at me everytime i sucked up a bit of pulp or oak, she thought it was...

The first racking wasn't easy. Lots of oak, grape sediment to clog the filter. My auto syphon took a crap the little clip at bottom broke, so had to use a tube along with the filter provided, attached filter to tube and syphoned. The hard part is over bah now i need a new auto syphon.

yea .996 your ready for secondary fermentation... trebbiano sounds YUM! any pics?Edited by: Dominick

It looks and smells amazing, today i took a sample, you can smell hints of coffee and chocolate - Quality kit!