2018 Zinfandel-Primitivo-Petite Sirah
Stone Barn farm

September 13th 2018
Primitivo 222 lbs
23.5° Brix post crush
Petite Sirah 163 lbs
23° Brix post crush
Zinfandel 389 lbs
18° Brix post crush
All grapes kept in separate containers

30 ppm SO2 added to all after crush
4 grams Enartis ColorPlus  split and added to all
Pitched all with Williams Seylem Yeast

starting pH 3.2
starting T.A. 9.4 grams/liter
(I believe this is an average of all)

October 2nd 2018
Blended Primitivo and Petite Sirah
Kept Zinfandel separate
so added 3.2 lbs sugar to Zinfandel to bring Brix up to about 22°

October 6th 2018
Pressing
Zinfandel Yield 30 gallons
Primitivo-Petite Sirah 33 gallons
40 ppm SO2 added to all

October 14th 2018
Racking all and still keeping Zinfandel seperate
Airated heavily as a bad odor

October 17th 2018
racking all
treat with copper sulfite for odor
VP41 malo-lactic culture added to all

March 7th 2019
Racking all and added 40 ppm SO2

March 8th 2019
lab tests
Zinfandel
T.A. 5.6 grams/liter
pH 3.49
13.3%ABV
Primitivo-Petite Sirah
T.A. 6.7 grams/liter
pH 3.45
14% ABV

October 6th 2019
25 ppm SO2 to all

May 2020
Lab results of Primitivo-Petite Sirah 15.1% ABV

June 2 2020
adding 35 ppm SO2 to Primitivo-Petite Sirah and #3 filter
Bottle Primitivo-Petite Sirah
yield was 8 cases

Zinfandel oak barrel got tainted so disposed of it
Zinfandel 13 gallon beer keg OK so bottled it
yield 5.3 cases