Hi:
I was wondering what is the bestmedium to age wine in.
1. Oak Barrels (French or American)/(Bulk Age)
2. Carboy (Bulk age)
3. Bottles
I was just thinking maybe bulk aging is a better idea then bottling?
Just trying to figure the reasons as to why bulk aging would be better.
Another reason I was thinking is, I will be doing both, making wine from kits and making wine from home grown grapes.
I was thinking maybe instead of bottling up my natural grapes to throw that juice in a barrel and keep adding more juice as the years go by to fill a big barrel of my natural wine from the grapes I grow. - The bad idea of this is I think I need to fill the barrel to the TOP in one shot, and not to fill it little by little. (I'm new to this so still learning)
For the kit wine, I think depending on the variety I got which peaks in 2 years is to bulk age the winekit juicein the carboy for 8/9months and then bottle it and let the bottle age for another 8/9months before trying it out. -
Thanks
I was wondering what is the bestmedium to age wine in.
1. Oak Barrels (French or American)/(Bulk Age)
2. Carboy (Bulk age)
3. Bottles
I was just thinking maybe bulk aging is a better idea then bottling?
Just trying to figure the reasons as to why bulk aging would be better.
Another reason I was thinking is, I will be doing both, making wine from kits and making wine from home grown grapes.
I was thinking maybe instead of bottling up my natural grapes to throw that juice in a barrel and keep adding more juice as the years go by to fill a big barrel of my natural wine from the grapes I grow. - The bad idea of this is I think I need to fill the barrel to the TOP in one shot, and not to fill it little by little. (I'm new to this so still learning)
For the kit wine, I think depending on the variety I got which peaks in 2 years is to bulk age the winekit juicein the carboy for 8/9months and then bottle it and let the bottle age for another 8/9months before trying it out. -
Thanks