Product Description
LALVIN 71B-1122 Dried Active Yeast
For Nouveau Style Wines
Lalvin 71B-1122
(Saccharomyces cerevisiae cerevisiae)
5g Sachets - Treats 4.5L-23L (1 to 5 Gallons)
Lalvin are probably the best yeast in the world. They are definitely the most popular yeast in the world.
Lalvin 71B-1122 Is an excellent choice for blush & residual sugar whites, nouveau & young red wines.
Also a good choice for late harvest wines.
The selection was designed to isolate yeasts that would produce a fruity yet fresh character in wine that would live long after fermentation.
Sensitive to the competitive factor K2
Alcohol tolerance up to 14%
Short lag phase
Moderate fermentation rate
Fermentation temperature range: 15 to 30°C
Very low urea production
Very low requirement in assimilable nitrogen
High requirement of survival factors in O2-deficient musts
High amyl-ester production
Average production of volatile acidity
Low SO2 production
Facilitates malolactic fermentation
The 71B strain is a rapid starter with a constant and complete fermentation between 15° and 30°C (59° and 86°F).
Has the ability to metabolize high amounts (20% to 40%) of malic acid.
Produces rounder, smoother, more aromatic wines that tend to mature quickly; it does not extract a great deal of phenols from the must so the maturation time is further decreased.
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