Well I took the opportunity to rack all the wines. I tried to taste them all but forgot a couple as I was doing all the shifting. All tasted good although I thought the Pacific read would have been more bold. It has nice body, bouquet and flavor, But its not quite over the line to bold.
Nothing special except that I have been pretty good at the vacuum valve - very little gunk coming over, but these wines didn't have a tremendous amount of sediment. Have cleaned enough jars for the PA Chardonnay and the Viognier (very nice) and plan to bottle some time this week - I want all these in bottles - hopefully before puppy comes.
I'm going to start working on the labels, I think half just need the additional smaller label.
Winexpert LE19 Limited Edition Pacific Quartet Red (100% Michele). VRacked and some sediment. 42 day wine so bottling ~ 4/17 looks doable.
Winexpert Eclipse NZ Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc (100% Betsy) - It is clearing - but probably needs 2 more weeks to be clear. By the calculator the bottling should be Friday, April 17, 2020, but will probably push to 24th.. I'll see how it clear from now.
Winexpert Vintners Reserve Viognier ( 100% Betsy) - Good taste and almost completely clear - going to let it go another week and then bottle. Bottling looks to be 4/17 if it clears like it is.
Winexpert Island Mist Peach Apricot Chardonnay (100% Betsy) Will definitely bottle Friday, April 17, 2020 - almost clear enough now.
RJS En Primeur Australian Pinot Noir (50% Betsy, 50% Barbara) -Vracked and very clear - although some sediment in the bottom. But came over fine - This is going to be a good wine. 42 day wine so target bottling is 4/24. This is one that can clear in cooler temperatures so it's in the main room.
RJS En Premier Chilean Chardonnay (100% Betsy) - Still cloudy but seems to be clearing -SSSSLOWLY. Scheduled bottle on the Friday, May 8, 2020, if it clears as it should. Tom moved to main room last week.
It took about 5 hours but did some cleaning while bottles were rinsing, etc. Found some old clothes that fit!!! Bonus points! but I got a lot done. Still cleaning up, and went through some stuff in the basement. Need to rinse rug one more time. and then need to clean rug in main house.
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