Level 4 · Lesson 3
Extraction — Managing the Cap
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Background material
Background chapters
Each chapter is a separate, substantial reading page with several topic sections, practical examples, precise sensory language, and an exercise.
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Penfolds opening
A deeper guide to penfolds opening, winemaker decision, what extraction means, the cap, punch-down, pump-over, rack-and-return, heading-down boards.
8 sectionsRead chapter →Temperature
A deeper guide to temperature, alcohol and time, desired, not maximum, drain and press, classification, worked technical sheet, what the sheet cannot tell us, sensory inference.
8 sectionsRead chapter →Gentle can be active
A deeper guide to gentle can be active, risk map, return to penfolds, evidence ladder, after-class fieldwork, synthesis, transfer.
7 sectionsRead chapter →The line worth keepingExtraction is a managed transfer, not a strength contest.