Mercaptan??

[Ninjai]

I read in their discord Mercaptan can be caused by dirty machinery, but aware of this I kept everything immaculate 2 years in a row got the mercaptan anyone know why you get this negative effect?

[yveshohler]

Marcapan is produced from "no pump over","1 pump over a day" and dirty casks

[Loona35]

Originally posted by yveshohler:

Marcapan is produced from "no pump over","1 pump over a day" and dirty casks

This is silly because all white wines like Arneis only have no pump over action.. so you end up with loads of Mercaptan issues which can never be solved.

[Krow]

Originally posted by Loona35:

Originally posted by yveshohler:

Marcapan is produced from "no pump over","1 pump over a day" and dirty casks

This is silly because all white wines like Arneis only have no pump over action.. so you end up with loads of Mercaptan issues which can never be solved.

I guess this is life in wine making. Such things just happen sometimes. At least it is not a fatal flaw (Is there really a fatal flaw in this game?) and does not occur all the time. Get all things under your control right and leave others to chances (or god if you prefer).

This is for the developers:
Maybe give us some more hints in the game so we can learn more about how certain flaws can occur? It's fun to learn, and knowing that we just have to accept them with some good reasons may actually make us feel less helpless and clueless. (Or maybe this is another thing that I have missed in the game while skipping some conversations?)

By the way, I feel like if I bottle wines in one multi-turn batch, some flaws are more likely to occur, and I should bottle 3000 a time and clean the bottling machine after each action?

[Ninjai]

bottling idea not viable would take all year when you get multiple fields

[Krow]

Originally posted by Ninjai:

bottling idea not viable would take all year when you get multiple fields

Why? Tasting of old batch and bottling of new batches can happen at the same time. Buy more bottling machines, upgrade your board and get employees and tools, it is more than possible.

[Krow]

Originally posted by yveshohler:

Marcapan is produced from "no pump over","1 pump over a day" and dirty casks

After learning this I started to pump my Barbera 2 times a day and press the must very gently. The tannin level will be a little higher than ideal and quantity might have went down as well; But it really helps me maintain a good quality from year to year by preventing certain flaws from occurring.