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Sounds promising! I was trying to replicate my favorite and life altering beast Ornellaia http://www.ornellaia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OR2016-VINTAGE-SHEET-EN.pdf 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot

John, my 2018 blend was 63% Cab/22% Merlot/15% Cab Franc, all Lodi fruit. It is coming along really nicely and looks like it will age beautifully. Would have loved a small portion of petit Verdot but cant get my hands on any down here in Montreal. Good luck.

Wow that is really fast.

lol that is exactly the situation at my house. We haven't celebrated my birthday in years on October 5th because it always seems to land on press day! haha

interesting, thanks for the info.

Any reason you are keeping everything in the fridge? I just received my yeasts and FermK but just kept them in the box.

I actually bought a case of wine that had these glass tops and they work great. I have been using these 12 bottles for my wine now. They work really well and look a hell of a lot better than screw caps. I still cork most of my wine however.

Nice to hear your experiences with the d254/d80 combo, I’m planning that this year for my Cab and Avante for a Malbec. Did you pitch MLF cultures in your Zin last year?

Thank you! That’s the plan, an oak tabletop for the centre of the room.

Thank you! Right now it fits approx 650 bottles

I’m definitely not embarrassed! It has really come along nicely. The entire room painted, new lighting, a lot of racking secured strong enough for an earthquake! I have a few more things to do... I’d like to make the middle rack into a table for tasting and few more touches.

Cellar is coming along nicely. Almost done :)

Thanks guys for your inputs. I never used the ActiML in the past so I'll probably just stick with the regular water rehydration and poor it carefully. Last year I actually added more water like 100ml and MLF worked just fine.

I have always used VP41culture in the past doing co-inoculation and it has worked out well sometimes just sprinkling it in the must or rehydrating. My question is regarding rehydration of a 66 gallon dose. Instructions are to rehydrate in 20 times the packages weight of 2.5 grams, so 2.5 x 20...

Glad to hear that you have had no issues with 3.9PH in the past. I may do some bench trials or just give it some more time in the barrel.

I made a 100 percent Sangiovese last year that has been bulk aging for 10 months or so. I bottled some recently and it is still really fruity and floral, good but could be better. I just checked the PH and it’s high at 3.9. Should I add some Tartaric to lower it down?

I have never used them or really seen the need so I guess you have just convinced me not too.

Thanks for the info. I've chosen not to go with RP15.

Well maybe I'll give both a shot this season. D254/D80 with my Cab/Sangiovese and Avante with my Malbec. I'm also debating using Lallzyme EX-V for the first time but not sure if it is really necessary... Thoughts? I have never used it in the past. There are just so many additives it can get a...

Nice. So you chose this over the D254/D80 combo? I read that it also consumes 30% of the malic acid as well. Did you pitch MLF after or not even?