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Troy, Mike and Lee topped up wines tonight. Tasted the ID Cab, Clone 6 Cab and Malbec. ID cab was the surprise of the night--it continues to get better as it gets more tannins/body from the barrel. The Malbec is smoothing out and the Clone 6 is like a blackberry liquor! (Note: The WA Clone 6 was 28 brix, which translates to a potential alcohol of 15.5%!) Other wines were smelled and we decided to try the Merlot 1/2 because the barrel has a small weep and a small amount of film was seen on top. It seems fine--but we sprayed the weeping area plus the wine.
Broke down 3G of Id Cab into two 1G carboys + 1G platypus for topping.
Broke down 5G of Malbec into a 3G carboy + 1G carboy + 1G platypus for topping.
Taped the vent-tube to the A/C again to try and improve air flow. We could use to get the return air fan working to help keep it cool.
We briefly discussed meta additions for barrels. We started with less meta (25%?) on some of the grapes--at least the malbec and merlot #1. Plus our wine schedule calls for 15-20ppm in the summer, which we haven't added yet. A 20ppm addition across the board would suffice. We could also use to do a light additional sulfuring on the empty barrels soon.
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