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Lalvin ICV D254 — Lalvin
Lalvin
Representative The maker publishes no figures for this product, so these are class-typical values instead.
- Lab
- Lalvin
- Product code
- ICV D254
- Form
- dry
- Type
- ale
- Attenuation
- 95–100 %
- Temperature
- 15–28 °C
- Flocculation
- medium
- Alcohol tolerance
- 16 %
- STA1
- not published — treat as unknown
- Dosage
- 20–40 g/hL
Description
A Syrah isolate from the Costières de Nîmes that makes a great deal of polysaccharide: prune and blackberry across a wide mid-palate, smooth tannin and a mildly spicy finish. In Chardonnay it turns butterscotch and nut instead. Hold it under 28 °C and aerate if you want the full 16 %.