I would first ask myself - "why", and look for an answer other than 'other
people have been doing it'.

A chart in Margalit's book suggests that color extraction DROPS after about
8 days - so that would not seemt o be a valid reason.Increasing tannins?
Does the grape need it?



"marcO" > wrote in message
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> Question: I have never wanted to extend the maceration past dryness
> for fear of something bad happening, yet I hear people doing it all the
> time. My assumption was that these people had nice Stainless Steel
> fermenters they could close up tight from O2, but my setup is not so
> elaborate- Plastice drums with cloth to keep the bugs off. Am I
> missing something here? I'm making about 110 gal and I don't want to
> risk it by letting it sit around dry.
> any thoughts?
> Marco
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