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Carbonic maceration red

Still redObserved typical

Whole uncrushed bunches sealed under CO2, so the first part of fermentation happens inside the intact berry. Produces banana and bubblegum esters and almost no tannin.

The numbers

Each bar drawn against all 30 styles

Alcohol

11-13%

11% - 13%

Titratable acidity

5-7 g/L

5 - 7

pH

3.3-3.6

3.3 - 3.6

Residual sugar

0-3 g/L

0 - 3

Serve at

12-15 C

Worth opening after

2 months

and it keeps improving to roughly 1 years

Sulphite at pH 3.45

22 mg/L

free SO2, for 0.5 mg/L molecular

What goes wrong

Letting air in. The whole method depends on an oxygen-free vessel; a leaky lid gives you a warm bucket of grapes turning to vinegar.

Usually made from

No legal definition sets these figures. They are typical published analyses of commercial examples, compiled as a planning aid.