Skin Contact 'Orange' wine

[Crm]

I'm going to try to make skin contact 'orange' wine from Malvasia Bianca this year.

I'm generally planning on keeping the juice on the skins for 4-5 months. Good idea?

I'm grateful for any suggestions from the group.

Thanks,
Char

 

[Cynewulf]

I'm going to try to make skin contact 'orange' wine from Malvasia Bianca this year.

I'm generally planning on keeping the juice on the skins for 4-5 months. Good idea?

I'm grateful for any suggestions from the group.

Thanks,
Char

I haven’t made it so don’t know if I have any helpful suggestions or not but that’s basically how the Georgians make their amber wines in qvevri. What equipment do you have to seal it up that long? I’m doing something similar with red grapes using a fermonster, which you can see in this thread:
Post in thread 'Adventures in Wild Fermentation'
Adventures in Wild Fermentation

I’m interested in hearing how it turns out for you.

 

[Crm]

Your fermonster looks like a possibility. I am planning on using a food grade bag in a bucket -- and attaching the vent to the value built into the bag.