Racking Time?
Racking is the process of transferring wine from barrel to barrel, leaving behind the fine lees that have settled to the bottom of the barrel. The ‘06 wines haven’t been racked since we pressed, settled and barreled. It has been so cold in the winery that malolactic fermentation has been very slow and I don’t like to disturb the wine during the MLF process. So, time to test to see if MLF is complete.