SELECTYS® SR is a Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast selected for making rosé wines with red tart fruit profile. This is suited for different rosé winemaking procedures (direct pressing or bleeding).
It resists perfectly to difficult conditions (low temperatures, very clarified musts) encountered in this type of winemaking.
Fermentation characteristics:
SELECTYS® SR produces great numbers of esters based on its enzymatic pool*, with red fruit notes.
Fermentation characteristics:
- Killer factor: Killer positif
- Optimum fermentation temperature range: 14 to 20 °C
- Fermentation rate: fast
- Alcohol tolerance: up to 16 % Vol.
- Production of volatile acidity: low to moderate
- Nitrogen requirements: high
- Production de SO2: moyenne
- Production d’H2S: faible
- Production de glycerol: 6 – 8 g/L