Giuseppe Floridia* and Fabio Mencarelli
*Parsec Srl, Via J. Nardi 21, Firenze 50132, Italy (sales@parsecsrl.net)

A new method for selective extraction from grapes that doesn’t require pumps, déle- stage, pump-overs, or other bulk inside the tank was developed and tested between 2015 and the present in Chile, Argentina, Italy, France, Spain, and California. The simplification and optimization of racking and cleaning operations is combined with significant energy savings overall. Because the cap is kept disintegrated, this new technique revolutionizes the traditional management of red wine making through optimized handling of thermal-densimetric stratification, temperature, oxygenation, nutrition, and fermentative kinetics. The advantages are both practical and qualitative, even in tanks with large-scale or complex geometries.

Funding Support: Parsec Srl