Renters And Fish Tanks

Trasvases (some good news and some bad)

The other weekend we attempted to transfer wine First move the

Sirah and Petit Verdot in a stainless steel tank to another.

Petit Verdot (front) and Sirah (back)

Warehouse

Petit Verdot Petit Verdot

smelled like farts and hydrogen or something, so that aeration has been good. It smelled much better after the transfer.

We did by hand, fill a basket from the flu in the bottom of the tank, and then tossed into the new tank from above.

Looking

wine to deposit

beautiful colors

More colors

The Sirah also smelled a bit musty but not to fart!

Cot (1)

Cot (2)

Mejunje deep

Top View

Rack the Garnacha also for the first time this year, so there was quite a concoction lees at the bottom of the tank.

We are very happy with how these three wines are coming out.

When we decided to put a portion of Garnacha in old oak barrels (more than 5 years) as an experiment, to see how it goes.

Cleaning the old barrel and burning a sulfur pastille

To get the Grenache in the barrel, we had to use the bomb. No I like bombs! They make too much noise. I do not know for sure if the noise affects the wine, but to me it does affect me!

The Garnacha entering the barrel

Another thing I like about the bombs is that they are too powerful and move the wine too quickly.

The Garnacha falling to the ground

was not as bad as it looks - just lost a few gallons, before getting off the bomb! After cleaning the spill, I enjoy writing in the barrel with chalk!

Garnacha 2010

Finally, racked a large lot (2000 liters) of Tempranillo, and bad news: when we went to open the air cover, we discovered that it was open! We forgot to close the last time we opened a few months ago. This means that the wine has been in contact with air (oxygen) during this time. Not a disaster, but also wrong. Finally, the wine looks good. For good measure, throw away the last 100 liters - 25 cm closer to the surface that has been in contact with air. Another lesson learned!

Pump (Of contention) and Tempranillo tank