This is it
October 12th, 2009 by Annette
This is the last load of grapes for 2009. This Pinot came from Chula Vina and was a few bins of 777 and 115. Tastes great and was really cold when it came in. We picked it and processed it and I think we are ready for this storm that is coming in. I’m doubtful that we will really get as much rain as they say — storms don’t tend to have much moisture left by the time they get here, but I certainly wouldn’t complain if it did rain!
Racking Riesling
This is a photos of me racking Riesling the other day. I have never made Riesling before but have a few ideas I am applying. Here, I am looking for grape solids — the cloudiness in this juice is tartrates. It is sometimes difficult to tell the tartrates from the lees, so I use a more tactile method to figure out when to stop racking and thereby reserve as much good juice as possible. I was able to get a very clear separation as the tank chilled cold relatively quickly and it turned out that the lees were very compact in the tank. A very good start indeed…
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