Red Wine Fermentation Tanks

Whether you re looking for variable capacity conical bottom flat bottom jacketed fermenting tanks or more gw kent has what you need to produce wine that will be appreciated for generations.

Red wine fermentation tanks.

The lower tank acts as storage for the fermented wine. Customize the fermenter you need for your winery. The top tank can be used as additional storage during the off season. Ideal for fermenting small to medium parcels of red wine.

Winery equipment flextank fermentation tanks call today to place your order. The combi tank is excellent for use in the red wine fermentation process known as delestage or rack and return. 16 red wine fermentation tank top manway with relief valve racking valve. Red wines are fermented using the entire grape skins and all.

A fermentation manway is a special upgraded manway that includes a beefy sloped channel being installed into the base of the tank. Large skin contact area for better color extraction. When making red wines two basic criteria need to be taken into account. The top tank is an open top primary fermentation tank.

The manway opens along the top edge rather than the side edge as well. White wines are pressed before fermentation. Red wines get their deep color from their grape skins. Sometimes the crushed grapes are chilled called cold soaking so flavor and color in the skins transfer into the juice.

By the way some red wine varieties like pinot noir do well fermenting with whole clusters. We are now stocking a year round selection of variable capacity wine tanks also known as stainless steel variable capacity tanks with floating lid. Features of open top wine fermenter. We can also provide a complete line of pump over wine fermenters and wine storage tanks for both red wine and white wine.

Options for variable volume tanks only. Grapes go into a fermentation tank with their skins seeds and all. Red wine is made like white wine but with one major difference. No need to go to tank inside when dropping pomace.

Tanks for wine is your source for wine tanks parts and accessories. A few wineries use barrels with a small door installed in the head of the barrel. Every part is well designed and unique. During fermentation yeast create alcohol and co2 gas.

The superior quality and craftsmanship of our wine fermentation tanks and stainless steel fermenters is unsurpassed. Our variable capacity wine tanks are constructed using high quality virgin 304 stainless steel. Traditional barrels cannot be used because you can t get the skins in and out of the bunghole. This is designed to help with the evacuation of red wine solids after fermentation.