Racking Rose

Gretchen Neuman

VinoVerve Editor

I have been talking about how I should rack this rose for a while. And by “rack” I mean separating the clarified wine from the gunk on the bottom.

The truth is that I should have racked this baby about a week ago…. but truly, I was going to let the wine age this long at least anyway, so I am not entirely certain why I am being persnickety about. (Clearly I am a professional vintner with my la-di-dah attitude)

That being said, it was well past time today when we finally got to the task. In the end, the wine was still a bit cloudy. I am going to let it sit a couple of days and try again. I unfortunately think that I disturbed the sediment at the bottom. And this would not be good for the clarifying process. When push comes to shove, I probably need a filtering system. Sadly, that is NOT on the agenda at this point.

The good thing? For my Father’s Day gift to my Dad? He got my glass and plastic version of a barrel tasting. The wine was a bit cloudy, but dry, fruity with a full nose of strawberry. Overall? I am really pleased with what I have so far.

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