Dull vintage salvage

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tonyhibbett

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Having gone to all the trouble of cultivating the grapes organically, harvesting at the latest possible moment, crushing, pressing, fermenting, clearing and ageing in an oak barrel for 3 months, I now have 10 gallons of pretty dull chardonnay.
I poured a chilled litre into a Sodastream and transformed it into a very pleasant sparkling wine.
However it's a fiddly, time-consumimg process, wastes lots of co2 and costs about 50p per bottle. And there's 44 litres left to do!
 
You are quite right. Experience has shown that a short time in oak and 2 years in bottle (glass, not PET) is best for this wine. At present I don't have 60 spare bottles, so I guess demijohns are the best compromise for now.
 

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