Chardonnay and Chianti Bottled

Well, back a couple weeks ago, I bottled the Chardonnay and Chianti that had been vinifying for several months.  I forgot to post that progress here… but am quite sure you’ll forgive me.  IF not, I will give you a bottle of the greate wine that I have… and you WILL forgive me.

Both wines had

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Merlot Second Batch

Today, I also started my second batch of Merlot from the same Vintners Reserve collection.  All things considered, I know all of this by heart now and it makes the process that much faster.  My starting gravity on the Merlot must was 1.088 after adding 2 pounds of granular sugar to the mix.  At 78

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