Pressing at 1.01

[Vinoors]

Are there any negative consequences to pressing before your hydrometer registers 0.99? I imagine that the grapes will finish there as fermentation continues in demijohns & carboys.

 

[jgmann67]

Are there any negative consequences to pressing before your hydrometer registers 0.99? I imagine that the grapes will finish there as fermentation continues in demijohns & carboys.

They will. But, you should try to get as much time on those skins as you can before you press.

 

[salcoco]

pressing will help wine finish off as oxygen exposure will help yeast finish fermentation.

 

[pete1325]

You'll be fine. We only leave on the skins, after crush, for a week. The SG when we press is normally around 1.030 and never had issues with body or taste.

 

[FTC Wines]

We just finished pressing 45 gals of must. All between .996 and 1.006. Had to do it indoors, too hot & muggy in Florida. Roy