2023 Sangiovese

Picked 9/25/2023 7:30 to 11:00 am

Pickers were John and Gail Diserens and Colin Perry

735 lbs Sangiovese
10 lbs Cabernet Sauvignon
Total of 745 lbs
Crushed and stemmed, then drained off 18 gallons for Sangiovese Rose
23.4 Brix, pH 3.36 T.A. 8.25 grams/liter
pitched with PDM yeast

9/26/2023

Pitched with VP41 Malo-lactic Culture

10/2/2023

Pressed
Yield was about 38 gallons, still fermentating a bit

10/5/2023


Still fermenting pH 3.65 T.A. 8.25 grams/liter

10/14/2023


Racking today 36 gallons 30 ppm SO2 added