Fermentation on the Prosser Malbec is coming along very well. It has been in contact with the skins for 9 days now. Sugars are down to 5 brix. Color is amazing! Flavor still has some fruit sweetness and is very smooth.
We plan to press on Thursday into a stainless tank to finish fermentation. We're not pressing early on the Malbec this year as we don't taste any green flavors like we've had from the Idaho Malbec. will be interesting to see how it develops. We aren't putting it into a barrel right now because the 15G barrels all have wine in them yet.
The fermentation liner bottom failed in the blue barrel. For the first couple days we just stirred around it, and then we took it out last night. I contacted Debra at Nampa Brewers who said she would replace it and contact her distributor about the failure.
Troy
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