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Making wine with grapes past their prime
Has anyone made wine with white grapes that are past their prime?
I have about 25 chardonnay vines that I let go to long before harvesting. About a third are okay, brix 21, a third are underripe because a heat wave caused the vines to drop leaves, and the final third are dry on the vines - becoming raisins but not yet completely dry. Has anyone made wine with old but clean grapes like these? Should I pick them off the stems and press them, or press them on their stems?....... Or just give up and toss them in the compost? |
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