Wine #4 – Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine #4 – Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a Vintners Reserve kit: see here

09/01/2013 – Started fermentation

Added 2 Tbsp of Yeast Nutrient

Fermented at 75 F in the fermentation chamber.  Michael corrupted the first 2 days of data and didn’t restart logging for another 2 days.  While working on the kegerator near the fermenter, the condenser cooling fan got unplugged.  As a result the cooling was unable to keep up with fermentation.  After 4 days of fermentation, the must was up to 94.5 degrees F.  It is unknown how hot it actually got.  By the end of the 5th day of fermentation it was back down to 75 degrees F.

10/24/2013 – Racked to secondary

I.G. – 0.994, 7.5 Brix

02/09/2014 – Racked again

Added K-meta and K-Sorbate packs
Added chitosan pack

Degassed with a whip on a drill.

F.G.: 0.997
…but who cares when you don’t have a starting gravity.

07/02/2014 – Bottled

Vacuum racked off of oak through copper

Added 50 ppm K-meta

Filled 30 bottles plus a partial

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