Dick Heckman wrote:

> Sorry to be dumb but what's delestage?
>
> Dick

It may mean slight different things to different
people but my understanding is that it is "rack
and return" less the seeds.


>
>
> Joe Sallustio wrote:
>>> Joe, do you do a delestage(sp?) and remove
>>> most of the seeds when you transfer?
>>
>> No on the delestage but I should, thanks for
>> reminding me... It's
>> pretty easy with small pails but it's messy.
>> Yes on the seeds, I
>> remove them as I combine pails. They end up in
>> a mass at the bottom
>> of each pail and go in the garden like
>> everything else. I punch down
>> once in the morning, once in the evening at
>> minimum. You probably get hotter ferments than
>> me because I have more surface area exposed;
>> you may extract faster than me too.
>>
>> I do a sort of Saignée though; I usually make a
>> light red from Grenaché and may do the same
>> with Syrah this year; those skins go in
>> with something else once pressed. Those are
>> crushed and pressed the
>> same day. It's not blush; more of a Rosé.
>> It's very good as a dry wine.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
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