Wine has a heart: i listen to its beat.
Adjacent here is the chart showing the breathing of my Tocai 2005. The graph that you see, a pen trace over 14 consecutive days, is the fermentation curve that converts the must into wine. I observe, I listen with a stethoscope, but I only intervene when the dynamics of this curve appear unnatural. It must be smooth. However, to get it going again sometimes you just need to give it a little attention, a short pumpover that gets the lees moving once more. Wine has a heart, I listen to it its beat. It is important to be close.
