pgentile
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Going to treat and process my new hungarian barrel(thanks @mainshipfred) this weekend. Read quite a bit and have no issue with getting the barrel ready. (Yet)
First wine in the barrel is going to be a sauvignon blanc. I know some wouldn't oak this but my oaked sauv blanc from last year was a hit and I want to try and repeat. It was 3 months on 4 oz med american oak chips.
The initial wine in the barrel will get a lot of oak, so this wine is going to need to kiss the barrel just right before over oaking it.
How often, once in barrel, do you think I should taste this? Daily? Weekly? Wait a few weeks then taste?
First wine in the barrel is going to be a sauvignon blanc. I know some wouldn't oak this but my oaked sauv blanc from last year was a hit and I want to try and repeat. It was 3 months on 4 oz med american oak chips.
The initial wine in the barrel will get a lot of oak, so this wine is going to need to kiss the barrel just right before over oaking it.
How often, once in barrel, do you think I should taste this? Daily? Weekly? Wait a few weeks then taste?
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