SIHA Active Yeast 8 (Burgundy Yeast)

Yeasts

SIHA Active Yeast 8 (Burgundy Yeast) is a dry, pure culture yeast especially formulated for fermenting red wine mashes and red wine musts. Its special advantages include, besides preservation of color, rapid fermentation start and reliable thorough fermentation even under unfavorable conditions. This yeast strain is therefore suitable for producing red wines with a stable color from the wine types late Burgundy, black Riesling, Trollinger, Portuguese and other red wine sorts.

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Feature

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Strain WF748 for color, tannin stabilization and restart of fermentation

Suitable for

Red: Pinot Noir, Merlot, Pinotage, Pinot Meunier, St. Laurent, Zweigelt

Temperature/Dosage

22-26 °C, max. 15-25 g/hl

核心功能

Specially formulated for red wine mashes and musts
Demonstrably less loss of color
Selected over years for red wines with a typical character
Very rapid fermentation start
Little formation of unwanted fermentation side products
Easy suspension by stirring in – simple application

productfamily.specification

Application	Quantity required lb/1,000 gal (g/hl) under the following fermentation conditions normal	difficult
Red wine mashes	1.3 – 2.0 (15 – 25)	1.7 – 2.5 (20 – 30)
Red wine musts	1.3 – 1.7 (15 – 20)	1.7 – 2.0 (20 – 25)