Press "Early" or Run Extended Maceration

[Brant]

press now. soaking seeds in alcohol won't give you anything decent. We press everything at ~SG1.000 so there is a bit of ferment in the secondaries since we never sulphite the reds until they finish MLF on oak cubes (usually ~120 days) and then sulphite to ~50 ppm free sulphite for the first time. We bottle our reds at ~75 ppm total sulphite which works out to ~25 ppm free sulphite. Our wines age in a cooler for at least 7 years.

Your only two years late to the party.

 

[Hazelemere]

Your only two years late to the party.

too funny I missed it. Thanks