Picked on 10-6-2012
A Blend
Cabernet Sauvignon 378 lbs. 64%
Merlot 150 lbs. 25%
Cabernet Franc 67 lbs. 11%
T.A. at harvest .66
24.4 Brix
Sulfited to 60 ppm 3:00pm
pitched with ICVD21 wine yeast at 7:30 pm.
10-13-2012
Pressed Must and came up with 39 gallons of wine
to
be racked in a couple weeks
6-8-2013
Have racked the wine twice since October and have added
toasted french oak chips to total about 1.5 lbs.
currently have 37.75 gallons
PH tested at 3.96 and T.A. was .60
6-12-2013
Racked wine added 28 ppm sulfite and bottled all that would not fit in 30 gallon Barrel (3 cases) Plan is to bottle rest just before 2013 harvest