Given the lack of sleep during harvest, I was wondering if anyone else sees the heart shape in the grape must?
This is the stage after the grapes have gone through the sorting & destemming table. Â The grapes are now considered “must”. Â Must comes from the Latin words “vinum mustum” which means young wine. Â The must is the grapes, juice, seeds, and occasional stems or whole clusters. Â For Pinot noir we let the must cold soak which means we chill the fermentation tank/bin to encourage color extraction from the grape skin into the juice. Â Cold soak is an important step because once the fermentation kicks off, there is very little color that is extracted from the skins. Â Next post, I’ll tell you about yeast & fermentation. – Serena
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