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Hi all,
am mate of mine, Niell, bought a 300L American oak barrel full of Cab Sav at an auction on Monday.
He has some impulse buying issues I think. Anyway, the red tastes ok, not great but definately drinkable, it tastes a bit "young".
Does anyone know how long it will last in the barrel? It's too expensive to buy goons to bottle it, even at $2 ea he'd be up for $300. If we purge the headspace with CO2 [he's syphoned out 20L or so] will it keep in the barrel?, and for how long? Basically trying to work out how to prevent it turning into vinegar before we get to drink it.
Thanks for any replies, Cheers
am mate of mine, Niell, bought a 300L American oak barrel full of Cab Sav at an auction on Monday.
He has some impulse buying issues I think. Anyway, the red tastes ok, not great but definately drinkable, it tastes a bit "young".
Does anyone know how long it will last in the barrel? It's too expensive to buy goons to bottle it, even at $2 ea he'd be up for $300. If we purge the headspace with CO2 [he's syphoned out 20L or so] will it keep in the barrel?, and for how long? Basically trying to work out how to prevent it turning into vinegar before we get to drink it.
Thanks for any replies, Cheers