Making some wine.. Cab Sav

[Xring01]

A few weeks ago I picked about 180 lbs of Cab Sav grapes in Fallbrook

Just racked into these carboys for oaking and aging..

Its alot of work... more than I thought. I have 13 gallons.

The wine expert kits are easier than real grapes.. now its time to wait and determine which is better.

 

[Flying_Lavey]

Yeah September through November is CRAZY time at all the wineries. The grape sorting, crushing, and all the vinting is a LOT of work. It was always awesome to go to some of the better wineries during crush season and see all the work and different machines each winery used

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[Xring01]

I have a few friends who are the wine makers at some of the better Temecula winerys.

I think one plastic bin is 1 Ton, maybe 1000lbs, cant remember the exact #..

Regardless, this machine destems and crushs one bin every 10mins...

So When I visit them.. I go in the back alleys, and doors. So I see all the work that goes into it. I get to do alot of barrel tasting. Which I highly recommend.

When you barrel taste the exact same crush, thats in different barrels. new french oak at $1600/ barrel, 2 year old Hungarian oak, vs new american oak... I can go on for hours.., but its the same crush, and the difference of the taste blows my mind...

 

[JBS]

I have a few friends who are the wine makers at some of the better Temecula winerys.

I think one plastic bin is 1 Ton, maybe 1000lbs, cant remember the exact #..

Regardless, this machine destems and crushs one bin every 10mins...

So When I visit them.. I go in the back alleys, and doors. So I see all the work that goes into it. I get to do alot of barrel tasting. Which I highly recommend.

When you barrel taste the exact same crush, thats in different barrels. new french oak at $1600/ barrel, 2 year old Hungarian oak, vs new american oak... I can go on for hours.., but its the same crush, and the difference of the taste blows my mind...

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Such a cool process


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