Bathtub Winemaking Project
Bathtub Winemaking Day 449 – Élévage: Raising the Kids 2017 Wine Decoded Shiraz
It’s a busy day in the Tiny Winery today! It’s 449 days since our beautiful Shiraz arrived in the winery.
Blending time … mostly!
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Bathtub Winemaking Project Day 20 Racking Bathtub Shiraz V17
Alcoholic fermentation has finished and the Bathtub Winemaking Project Shiraz has been pressed and is now resting in either tank or barrel.
Malolactic fermentation has started converting malic acid to the softer lactic acid. We need to start raising the wine, the process of élévage begins.
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Making Wine is Just Like Raising Kids … You Gotta Put in the Time!
The French use the term élévage with reference to both wine and children! It translates to “A good upbringing” or “Being well raised”.