Good chardonnay

[dreamlord1979]

I am lucky if I make a 40 rating batch.
I know it should have:
body: 6
Sweetness: around 5
tannin: 3
acidity: mid level

My sweetness always gets turned to alcohol in fermentation down to 3 even if i do the shortest one. Please give me tips on growing, harvest time, bottling or whatever else might help.

[Elemental]

Assuming it is not a "bad location" issue then it might be when you pick it. Hold off on the pick until the right time. You need to wait longer for more acid to turn into more sugar so that when you ferment you will not dip beyond your sweetness target. Body comes from putting it into a keg for a while.

Edit: you can monitor that acid and sugar stuff by clicking on where the grapes are growing. You will see little arrows showing what will go up or down and by how much.

[Captain Sl6w]

body 6
sweetness 3
tannin 2
acidity 6

[dreamlord1979]

Damn dude that made all the difference! Still not perfect, but much better!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2488553601

[ulzgoroth]

Wow, those must be some good grapes to hit that target with every specification except Body a bit off. I've gotten a lot of wines worse than that with all five stars hit.

To reduce sweetness: pick earlier or ferment longer. (Fermenting longer might not be possible with your available yeast, in theory.)

To reduce tannin: press a little less. Hopefully you won't have to lose body to get the tannin down, or can make it up with more aging.

To have more acid: don't do malolactic fermentation if you don't need it? And be sure to harvest before the grapes lose their acidity since nothing you can do will add it back once it's gone.

[phanix]

body 6, tannin 2, acidity 6, sweetness 2
with oak aging, no mlf

I get 91/100, with typicity 10.

I think more sweetness can get higher score, this game seems prefers more residual sugar wine? The chardonnay i made is 6.x g/L, which is a bit sweet sensation in real life.

[chrigu]

Chardonnay will need sweetness 3
Don't give to much on alcohol level & sugar. This figures are far away from regular values ,-)

[[aSv]Schwein[DE]]

If you look into your journal under Chardonnay you find rating from grey to green. A yellow star marks the best spot.

[Sindjilic]

For chardonay you should aim:
Body: 6
Sweetness: 3
Tannins: 2
Acidity: 10

[Seeamoebe]

My best chardonnay was at 93? I think - Take care to harvest it at the ideal day. (best is when sweetness and tannin stats are in balance) - then, after harvesting, the sweetness lowers itself to the perfect 3 with fermenting by itself and the tannins can be reduced easily.

Only issue: You can only reliably harvest your first red wine on the optimal date if you already have the ability to do one-day harvesting (without cleaning the truck in between). Before I got it, I just switched the field I would be optimally harvesting each year. It's not even necessary to get the perfect spot for every stat on a wine to get a 100% (see screenshot)
And use clean equipment!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2489859006

[marc aus nuernberg]

finding the perfect wine is sooo easy (relating the score - getting a 100/100). Just check the journal. the wines are listed there with bars (4 bars with 10 segments)... if you do your wine and it hasn't the perfect values, you see the segments in different colors - the more green/turqouise they are, the nearer your value is to the perfect one. if you got the perfect value, the relating bar will be revealed completely and the found value has a little crown on it (segment).

it is really that simple - but I think it is still fun.

[marc aus nuernberg]

Originally posted by Sindjilic:

For chardonay you should aim:
Body: 6
Sweetness: 3
Tannins: 2
Acidity: 10

the perfect chardonnay in values is 6,3,2,6 - not 10... as already stated above... just check the journal.

but nevertheless you get a 100/100 even if you haven't made the "right" values... and to win the exhibition prizes you often don't reach the prize with perfect values, you will at least have to have additional aroma in it (like vanilla, peaches, black pepper, etc. ) ... or very weak competitors).

btw.: if anybody wonders why i talk about the gameplay while the game isn't in my steam library - i bought it on epic. was cheaper there :)

[Oddible]

I wish there was any feedback in the game related to bottling factors. I get no information at all what impact different corks have on different types of wine, or different bottles. I've heard that Reds need to be served in Dark bottles. What other bottle / cork combos are essential to get the best effects? Chardonnay is green bottle? What kind of cork?

[marc aus nuernberg]

i don't drink wine, but what i heard over the years, that there is nothing better for a very good wine to be corked with natural cork of one piece (not the pressed ones) of good quality (rarely available these days). but of course there is the risk of getting a "bad" cork and ruining the wine in the bottle.

glas plugs i only experience in Grappa so far...

what i saw were screw caps in RL and synthetic cork as an alternative to natural cork (which I saw often these days, too - guess i cannot notice the difference between cork cut out in one piece and pressed corks).

but I would suggest, search the internet for a renowned wine wiki or forum... i am absolutely sure you will find help there!! and i guess devs have programmed the effects of that, too...

[Sindjilic]

Originally posted by marc aus nuernberg:

Originally posted by Sindjilic:

For chardonay you should aim:
Body: 6
Sweetness: 3
Tannins: 2
Acidity: 10

the perfect chardonnay in values is 6,3,2,6 - not 10... as already stated above... just check the journal.

but nevertheless you get a 100/100 even if you haven't made the "right" values... and to win the exhibition prizes you often don't reach the prize with perfect values, you will at least have to have additional aroma in it (like vanilla, peaches, black pepper, etc. ) ... or very weak competitors).

btw.: if anybody wonders why i talk about the gameplay while the game isn't in my steam library - i bought it on epic. was cheaper there :)

Yes, acidity at 6. I was mixed up with tipicity.

[dreamlord1979]

but how do you keep acidity high enough while making it sweet enough?