Marcus and I tasted through the Start Your Own Winery Pinot Noir last week and everything tasted really nice. The wine has been stored on its lees now for a while, and while this has been proven to enhance texture and mouthfeel, it is probably time to go ahead and rack it off. Anytime you move wine out of one container and into another is known as “racking”. In this case the reason we would like to go ahead and rack the wine is to carefully pull the wine from the sediment that has settled to the bottom of the barrel and leave that behind, essentially clarifying it. This will also help release any sulfides (off odors) by agitating and exposing the wine to a little air. After we do this we’ll send another sample to the lab to check the so2 levels so that we can add some if need be in order to make sure the wine is protected from any contaminants or oxygenation.
SYOW Pinot Noir
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