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