Berry wines fermenting too fast?

[theTheme]

I'm on my third batch of berry wine now and I'm afraid they are fermenting too fast. They are going completely dry right in the bucket in a max of 3 days. I'm concerned because these are my first batches ever and I don't know exactly what they will taste like after aging/bottling. I've been reading that fermenting too fast can destroy or cover nuances and flavor in berry wines.

I'm using the 1 gallon kit from Midwest with Montrachet yeast. I'm going to get other yeasts for other wines (pear is coming up), but that's what I had to start with so that's what I used.

Batches made so far: Strawberry, Strawberry/Cherry, Blueberry.

 

[Pumpkinman]

Have you taken a temp during fermentation?

 

[theTheme]

Yes, it is consistently between 71 and 75. I know it's a little on the high side, but I don't have any way to cool the apartment down (stream heater with no regulator, that range is the best I can do with a cracked window).

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[Pumpkinman]

I believe that the temperature tolerance is between 59° - 86°, you are well within a safe range.

 

[cpfan]

theTheme:

Personally I'm more concerned about fermenting too slow than too fast, but 3 days is pretty quick.

What are your starting and ending specific gravities? If the starting sg is low, then I guess quick will happen.

Steve

 

[theTheme]

The first was a little light, 1.084 (strawberry). The other two have been 1.090 (strawberry/cherry) and 1.094 (blueberry).

 

[Deezil]

Personally I'm more concerned about fermenting too slow than too fast, but 3 days is pretty quick.

Gotta love winemaking; I'm exactly the opposite.

My first few fermentations were lightning-fast, 3-5 days. As time has gone on, I've found my personal 'style' ( ? ) is more inline with a longer fermentation, something around two weeks - attained by a mixture of manipulating temperature and nutrients

Neither of us is any more right than the other, but it does have an impact in the outcome, a majority of the time.