Racking and Juggling

I expect we will want to add some (5% or so) of the 2010 Malbec to the 09 Cab Reserve.  Since we don't have any "extra" malbec in carboys, we will have to do some juggling to get it out, which we can work into our Spring racking. 

 

Here's the proposed shell game (current wine/barrel listing is at the end of the email). 

 

Troy

 

1. Move 30G WA Merlot from Ray's new American Oak Barrel into Ray's empty 30G French barrel. 

- Mike has cleaned this barrel and it is ready to go.

- We may want to rack out both barrels of WA Merlot at the same time and mix them together.

- We only have 1 extra G of WA Merlot...we may have to top with ID Merlot.

 

2. Combine 2 smaller barrels of WA Cab into Ray's new 30G American

- Clean Ray's barrel good beforehand

- 22G French + 15G Hungarian

 

3. Transfer the Malbec from a 30G Hungarian barrel into a 22G French Barrel (~3-4G will go into the blend).

 

4. Rack the ID Cab in/out of Lee's 15G barrel. We will have to top with WA Cab.

 

5. Rack the ID Merlot in/out of it's current barrel.

 

6. We need to decide if we want to rack the Syrah wines or not.  New information from Angie suggests it is better for Syrah to rack it less often.

 

 
 
Cooler #1:
1. 30G Hungarian, 2010 ID Syrah
2. 22G French, 2010 WA Cabernet
3. 22G French, 2010 WA Syrah
4. 15-18G American, 2010 Idaho Merlot
 
Cooler #2:
1. 15G Hungarian, 2010 WA Cabernet
2. 15G French, 2010 ID Cabernet
3. 15G Stainless, 2009 WA Cabernet
4. 15G Stainless, 2009 ID Cabernet

 
Carboys:
- (1+ 3+5) 9G 2010 WA Syrah
- 3G  2010 ID Merlot
- (5+1+ 5+1) 12G 2009 ID Cabernet
- 1G 2010 WA Merlot
- 3G ID Syrah
 
Cooler #3:
1. 30G French, 2010 WA Syrah
2. 30G Hungarian, 2010 Malbec
3. 26G American, 2010 WA Merlot
4. 30G American, 2010 WA Merlot

5. 15G Stainless, 2009 WA Cab w/ 1G ID Cab (outside cooler #3)