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Australian Cabernet/Shiraz

  1. Made Bentonite Solution.
  2. Added grape concentrate.
  3. Added 2 pkts each of oak chips and toasted oak chips.
  4. Adjusted SG to 1.085, temp 65°
  5. Added yeast.
  • 11/8 - Temp 68°, SG 1.058.
  • 11/9 - Temp 68°, SG 1.027.
  • 11/10 - Temp 67°, SG 1.008. Racked to Secondary.
  • 11/21 - SG 0.992. Racked to bottling bucket. Cleaned and sanitized carboy. Transferred back to carboy. Added extras…
  • 11/22 - Bottled. SG .992 = 12.369% ABV.
  • 10/8/2004 - This wine turned out awesome. It took over a year to become drinkable, which was about twice as long as the instructions said. Despite the delayed gratification, I’d surely make this again.