Hi ....have 5 gal of merlot....central valley grapes from last
fall....I may have left too many stems in the primary...up to 20% or
so...sampling it lately it seems very high in tannin....I won't be
bottling til at least this october....should i expect the tannin to
soften in this time?.....even the second or false wine i made seems
high in tannin....I'll admit I even made a 3rd wine from the skins and
it made a lovely blush wine which we are now enjoying.....beyond the
high tannins the wine shows great promise,now I wish I would have
bought more grapes....anyone else have any houghts on last harvest's
wine(central valley) so far?....andy j.