Ok, it has been a long day. The last thing I want to do is work on my wine! But Double Golds do not come to the weary.
Tonight I will add sulfites. The last count was 19 ppm. I want a total level of 30 ppm. So using the earlier equation, I will need…(picture calculations here!)…(whew, this is harder when I am tired!)…= 5.11 tablets.
I will also clean out my other barrel and prepare it for storage with a solution of potassium metabisulfite and citric acid. I wish I had the ability to treat it with sulfite and leave it dry, I hate to leach any more of the tannin out of the oak. But a girl must do what a girl must do.
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Well, I would think that Double Golds DO come to the weary, because it is the weary that will go to the extra lengths to do what needs to be done! Can’t wait to get some of this!