2022 Petite Sirah

Stone Barn Farm Vineyard

Picked 9/12/2022 8:30 to 11:00 am

Pickers were Tom and Susie Parker,Dana Grellner and Colin Perry

35 lbs Cabernet Sauvignon
10 lbs Sangiovese
677 lbs Petite Sirah
total of 722 lbs. intial Brix was 21.5
added 40 grams Enartis Tan v
60 grams Enartis Pro Tinto
35 ppm SO
Cold soak for 24 hours with 30 lbs of Dry Ice

9/13/2022 10:30am
Brix up to 24.4
40 grams D.A.P.
60 grams Fermentaid O
100 grams Williams Selym yeast

9/15 3:00pm
fermenting well
add 2 pks of VP41 ML culture
30 grams Acti ML

9/17/2022
pH 3.7
T.A. 10 grams/liter
my acid for T. A. test is old so might not be that high

9/19/2022
T.A. test with new Sodium Hydroxide 0.1 solution
T.A. 8.25 grams/liter
20 grams D.A.P. added

9/23/2022

Pressing Today
Yield was 48 gallons

10/14/2022

racking today
pH 4.05
T.A. 5.25 grams/liter
add 316 grams tartaric acid, 40 ppm SO2
Adding 13.5 oz. heavy toast french oak
lost some due to settlement, now have 45.5 gals.

10/30/2022

home test
pH 3.73
T.A. 6.0 grams/liter
added .5 grams/liter or 75 grams of Tartaric acid

11/23/2022
Racking
pH 3.65
T.A. 6.2 grams/liter
add 50 ppm SO2

10/22/2023

added 50 ppm SO2 to 30 gallon barrel (error in barrel choice)

4/13/2024

Bottled 30 gallons split between 15 gallons of Petite Sirah and
15 gallons got blended with 2021 Merlot
calling the Blend 21_22_PSMerl