Lagar has been on pause… Things didn’t go as planned. MLF started but never ended so the wine has 2.0 mg/l of malic acid…

This blog is about a wine from vine to bottle so while I was wondering what to do with it, I didn’t feel motivated to post, so the blog was on pause.

Now that this year “vindima” is scheduled to the next weekend, I’ll restart posting about this 2009 wine while keeping you informed about what is happening to the 2008 wine.

The 2008 wine is now resting in a barrel, well protected with sulphur dioxide, hoping to benefit from the interaction between acidity, tannins and oxygen. I’m planning bottle it in November, by Saint Martin’s day.

It’s an opportunity to taste a no-MLF red wine and see how it evolves during the next months.

After this no-MLF episode I’m reconsidering one of my wine making options. This year I’ll inoculate with MLF bacteria because, as I learned, it’s a big risk to trust on nature only.