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thanks for all the advice/suggestions on my barbera. I’m day 3 in to my ferm. Brix @ 14 now (26 starting). PH is 3.15. I had picked up the WLP475 Malolactic starter earlier... reading the instructions, it says to add at 5 Brix into the must before pressing. It also says if sulfites above...

Thank you guys! I’m seeing my PH starting to rise a little to 3.16. Must be the potassium helping.

I’m in el dorado hills in Serrano. I have ninety barbera vines on a hillside facing south that I planted 3 yrs ago. Lots of sun but nice breeze at night. My ferm temperature right now is 82. should I do anything with my acidity (I’m in day 2 of ferm) or just wait it out and hope it drops?

4score.. what’s your take on my barbera acidity at 1.1 and ph 3.1? Did you see a low ph and high acid initially and did the acid levels come down after ferm and mlf?

John - the 22 Brix was after a day of fermentation. Harvest Brix was 26, PH 3.15 and TA 1.1. for some reason the PH had dropped to 3.08 after harvest.. I’ve calibrated and double checked. I did microwave a sample and stirred.. still got 3.05-3.08 PH last night. I did see a report on barbera...

I used VRB yeast btw.

Yes. 1.1% TA or 11.. The PH is low at 3.08. Hopefully during fermentation and malaotic ferm the ph will rise and acid down. barbera has high acidity I know but 1.1% is pretty high.

I just moved the buckets into the basement room at 77 degrees. I checked the Brix. Starting fermentation was 26 Brix. I’m at 22 Brix now after 24 hours. The PH is 3.08. The TA is 1.1. I am doing malolactic fermentation later, hopefully the PH will rise and acids down after that. The colors...

Thanks, my must is at 86 right now. 1 day of fermentation and the cap is pretty thick. I’m going to move it inside into our basement storage room where the temp is 76-78 for a bit. Temp is only going higher this week. Maybe things will slow a bit.

I pitched my yeast yesterday on my barbera and have my buckets in our garage. A few pics attached..Temp of the must was 82-85 (79 overnight). Seems like fermentation is moving along. The cap is thick and when I punch down a fair bit of foam. the must temp is 85 right now and will likely climb...

Btw, I also added 3 Camden tablets during crushing. A few hours before the lallyzyme. The book I have says with a PH around 3.0 add less sulfites. I’m only at about 38ppm sulfite which is a little low? With the grapes coming from my yard I know what I have and the grapes were in good shape.

Hi All - Just an update on my barbera. I picked 100lbs yesterday. I thought the Brix would be closer to 25 based on my samples. We crushed by hand and the Brix was 23 yesterday and PH 3.0. I put in the lalkyzme ex towards the end of crushing and let them sit over night. The Brix is now 25.5 and...

I’ve calibrated and checked the PH meter a few times to confirm. I’m using the apera60ph meter. with the cooler weather last week the ripining has slowed a bit. A few grapes/clusters have turned to raisins but the ph has climbed. My latest sample is Brix 25 and PH at 3.08. I’ll give it a few...

Thanks NorCal. I’ll go with that plan and let them go as long as possible before harvesting. We’re getting cooler weather and actually had fog this AM so hopefully that helps. Let you know how it goes.

Thanks. Here’s a pic of a typical riper cluster. The Brix is 26-27.. PH is only 2.90-2.95..I figure I’ll give them/clusters like this a few more days some will be wrinkled. The Brix will probably get to 27-28, hopefully the PH jumps to 3.1. Yeah the seeds are brown/crunchy. I’ll try and get...

Hi - I’m in El Dorado Hills Serrano. We are on a hillside facing south with lots of sun. I’ve been watering 30muns daily for the past few mo. ( 1gal emitter. in the last week I bumped it up to 2xday because of the heat. Yes, some of the grapes are uneven in ripining but most are 22-24 but a...

Hello - This is the first year I’m getting grapes from my 90 vines (3rd year vines) at my home vineyard of Barbera. I’m expecting about 200 lbs this year. This is my first year of making/trying to make wine. I’m in northern cal with lots of sun and 90+degree days recently my Brix is at 24...