Red Wine Cap Management
In this application a large pulsair bubble is introduced beneath the wine cap in a fermentation tank.
Red wine cap management. Pulsair systems pneumatage is an innovative process to quickly manage grape caps during red wine fermentation. On the other hand the color and most of the flavor and tannin in red wine comes from the grape skins. Fail at cap management and you have failed the wine. Various cap management options have already been mentioned.
The extraction of color and tannins is influenced by temperature length of skin contact and the cap management technique followed during fermentation. Wine cap management is a term that s used only during harvest. It is during fermentation and cap management that the winemaker has the ability to release the full potential of the wine. Pulsair uses pneumatage method to refers to management of the grape cap that is formed during red wine fermentation.
Increasing fermentation temperature from 20 to 30 Âșc causes an increase in color pigment and tannin content of the resulting wine. This is why i wince when i hear the slogan great wines are made in the vineyard as an old mentor of mine used to say great wines might begin in the vineyard. Enhances color tannins and flavor extraction using pulsair mixing tank in red fermentation process.