2012 Riesling Brix Fermentation Curves

The yeast continues to consume the remaining sugars.  I put together a chart of the sugar content in degrees Brix for comparison to the pre-commercial productions using the WinePod.  The sugar drop matches very well to those curves from 2008-2011, which I have published on this blog.
 

The above data give me some confidence that I will be able to maintain the same high quality I acheived with the short runs.


The four FlexTank production tanks after the first racking.

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