2006 Riesling & Gewurzt, Fermentation complete and wine racked
The second batch of Riesling was racked today, so the fermentation process is now officially over. Both wines are now racked to tank, and all we can do now is wait and rack every six weeks or so for the next 6 to 8 months.
I racked the last 45L or so of wine into two carboys, one 23L and one 20L. There wasn't any left over for topping, so at my next racking, I'll move the 23L bottle over to a 20L and use what's left over to top up the other containers. That should be alright.
Depending on outside variables, this is the schedule I'll try to stick to:
1rst racking: Christmas vacation
2nd racking: Mid-February
3rd racking: start of April (I'll add fining agent at this time, if required)
4th racking: Mid-may
Bottle: start of July.