2015 Chardonnay

September 2015

Crush came early, but due to a wedding on Maui, I got a late start.  With very high temperatures, most grapes are coming in almost a month early.  And due to high temperatures I decided to not self pick this year.  On Saturday of Labor Day Weekend (5 September 2015) I got about 420 pounds of Chardonnay grapes from Delta Packing in Lodi.

Ended with two 20 gallon containers each about half full of must.  To Each I added

1 teaspoon potassium metabisulfite
• AD356 — Opti-White - (38g)
• TAN250 — Tannin FT Blanc Soft - 8 g
• AD342 — Go-Ferm (25 g)

To one I added: • DYW56. — Dry Wine Yeast - ICV-D47 - (20)

To the other: • DYW82 — Dry Wine Yeast-P-HST - (20g)

On 9 September to each I added: • AD345 — Fermaid K (16 g)
and to one I added: DYWM Viniflora Malolactic Bacteria (2.5 g) and to the other DYWM5 Dry Malolactic Bacteria - 31 (2.5 g)
All bought from MoreWine! in Concord.

After one week I racked to glass carboys (13 September 2015):

After settling and fining, bottled in June, and is an excellent Chardonnay.

 

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