white wine from grapes

[zadvocate]

Anyone that has made wine from white grapes not juice buckets, what is your usual procedure?

I am thinking about making white wine from grapes this year. I am reading the morewine white wine making manual. I plan to crush, add lallezyme cuvee, so2, cold soak for a few hours then press. following that, I will fin with Bentonite. I will have to keep the juice cold during all of this. I was wondering how long you allow the finning to go on for? Any other recommendations would be welcomed.

 

[salcoco]

procedure is sound. one day after adding bentonite should be enough. the idea is to clear any particles left from the crush and pressing. when wine is clear rack of the sediment and commence measurements and fermentation

 

[cmason1957]

It’s difficult to type the process in enough detail, to not leave out something important. I read these free pdf’s twice.

https://morewinemaking.com/web_files/intranet.morebeer.com/files/wwhiw.pdf

As NorCal said on another post asking basically the same question. You will want to download and save that PDF. It gives you a whole bunch of information, there is also one for Reds at
https://morewinemaking.com/web_files/intranet.morebeer.com/files/wredw.pdf

 

[Johny99]

I just crush, let it soak, settle on the skins with Kmeta, a few hours to overnight depending on the grape and style. press into a closed carboy or tank. Inoculate and let it go, keeping it on the cool side. Other than goferm or similar, no other additions.

 

[zadvocate]

Yes I have the PDF I just felt that they have a lot more steps and wanted to see what others were doing or felt about their process. Sorry I didn’t know there was another post on the same subject. I should’ve looked.

 

[Sage]

Destem, immediately press, K meta, 24 hrs add yeast in covered fermentor 10 days, into carboy. Rack 3 times through the year (blow the new carboy with inert gas before racking into) and bottle.

 

[Sage]

Looks like this, '17 just bottled 2 days ago

 

[CK55]

View attachment 50465 Looks like this, '17 just bottled 2 days ago

Nice, and also that sign on the wall lol.

 

[zadvocate]

Destem, immediately press, K meta, 24 hrs add yeast in covered fermentor 10 days, into carboy. Rack 3 times through the year (blow the new carboy with inert gas before racking into) and bottle.

After 24 hrs you rack then begin fermentation right?

 

[Johnd]

After 24 hrs you rack then begin fermentation right?

Some folks will settle the juice and rack off of the solids, some don’t. My personal preference is settled juice.

 

[Sage]

No rack. Yeast into juice as pressed. I do a rough filter when it goes into the first carboy (strain is more accurate).