Free Run Juice

Free run refers to the juice released from grapes during the crushing process. As the grapes are split, juice seeps from the pulp. Free run is also created from the weight of the grapes while they are sitting in a bin. Grape clusters on top gently press clusters at the bottom, causing the skins to split open and release juice.

After red wines have completed fermentation, free run juices are siphoned off and the remaining must is pressed.