I punched down at noon and again at 9pm and measured brix at 9.
Malbec went from 1 brix yesterday to 0.25 brix and the cap is getting less dense.
Syrah went from 0.998 SG to 0.994 but has a pretty thick cap.
Clone-6 went from 9.5 Brix to 6.5 Brix
We decided to delay pitching yeast until tomorrow. Cab/P.Syrah/CabF Grapes are sanatized and show little activity and are at 67 degrees. We added some blocks of ice to them to help keep them another day.
We need to decide when to press. The Malbec could be pressed anytime, but could go several more days. The Syrah is more active and a day or two behind the Malbec. The Clone 6 Cabernet has a good week to go. It is looking like we will not press on Wednesday and let the cap fall. We have a few people out of town over the weekend and Monday will be the next good day for everyone. If the caps suddenly fall in the next day or two we'll have to change the plan on the fly. But it sure would be easier to press several grapes at once. We crushed these grapes on Oct 11. If we press on Oct 26 they will have had 15 days on the skins.
Troy
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