tonyt
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One day, when my ship comes in, I hope to buy a 6 gallon barrel. I add supplemental oak to almost every kit I make. (only make reds and like them oakie) Right now I have 5 batches going and 3 on deck. Each month I will bottle a batch and start a new batch. Some of these I plan to age for 9 months or so before bottling, some only 3 months. Long term I expect t be starting a batch every 6 weeks or so.
Here is my dilemma
- I can foresee a situation where I would have a long term wine aging in the barrel for several months but at the same time wanting a short trip in the barrel for another batch. So is it okay to rack a wine out of the barrel after a month or so, into glass, give another batch a month and them re-rack the first batch back in for several more months?
I really want to barrel age and barrel oak but am paranoid about timing and scheduling.
Here is my dilemma
I really want to barrel age and barrel oak but am paranoid about timing and scheduling.