Update on ripening: We try to pick by pH, flavor,
fruit condition, brix and projected weather. Previous brix histories
Print out a tartaric acid
adjustment
and a Sugar Chart
We have had a "California" summer and ripening is
ahead of schedule. With the recent cooler weather and less ripening taking place
right now, our head start is still putting us ahead of normal harvest dates with
fantastic brix and flavors. If TA is not posted, do not reduce
acids. IF the TA is unduly low and the pH is high, add
tartaric acid to adjust. If you over do the tartaric but the pH is better,
cold stabilize to drop the TA this winter. The pH is the more
important factor.
2010
|
Variety |
Brix-Refract. |
pH |
TA |
Yates, Alden, Canadice
table fruit blend as juice |
18.2 |
3.25 |
0.510 |
|
Aurore |
20.5 |
3.15 |
0.763 |
|
Baco |
20.5 |
3.05 |
1.267 |
|
Baron's
Blend |
23 |
3.20 |
0.795 |
|
Cabernet
Franc |
24-25 |
|
|
|
Cabernet
Sauvignon |
23.8 |
3.20 |
0.705 |
|
Carmine |
23-24 |
|
|
|
Catawba |
16.5 |
2.95 |
0.945 |
| Cayuga |
18.4 |
3.15 |
0.691 |
|
Chambourcin |
20.8 |
3.10 |
1.056 |
|
Chancellor |
18.8 |
3.15 |
0.850 |
|
Chardonnay |
21.5 |
3.15 |
0.576 |
|
Reserve Chardonnay |
23.5 |
3.30 |
0.765 |
|
Chelois |
21.8
|
no juice,
no numbers |
|
|
Colobel |
20.4 |
3.15 |
1.377 |
|
Concord |
16.2 |
3.4 |
.749 |
| deChaunac |
16.6 |
3.40 |
0.749 |
|
Delaware
ready |
16 |
3.25 |
.562 |
|
Diamond |
20.0 |
3.25 |
0.648 |
|
Foch |
21.5 |
3.45 |
0.864 |
|
Gewurztraminer |
19.5 |
3.45 |
0.461 |
|
Hybrid
Blends: |
|
Baron's Red |
23.0 |
3.20 |
0.795 |
|
Maiden's Blush |
21.5 |
3.15 |
0.75 |
|
White Blend
"Contessa Bella" |
22.1 |
3.05 |
0.780 |
|
Yates-Canadice-Aldens juice |
18.2 |
3.25 |
0.051 |
|
Use this juice to lower some TA's from 2009! |
|
Blends explained below at the bottom of the page. |
| VINIFERA BLEND |
|
|
|
|
EYE OF THE PARTRIDGE
A blend of Chardonnay and lightly pressed Merlot.
|
22.6 |
3.30 |
0.612 |
|
Late
Harvest Vignoles |
27.5-28 |
3.35 |
.870 |
|
Late
Harvest Riesling |
23.7 |
3.25 |
0.750 |
|
Leon Millot |
21.5 |
3.55 |
0.590 |
|
Maiden's
Blush |
21.5 |
3.15 |
0.75 |
| Merlot juice
limited |
21.4 |
3.45 |
0.555 |
|
Merlot as
grapes |
22.2 |
|
|
|
Muscat
Ottonel |
21.8 |
3.35 |
0.490 |
|
Niagara
|
15.6 |
3.20 |
.662 |
| NY
73.1136.17"Noiret" |
21.4 |
3.3 |
.706 |
|
Pinot
Noir grapes |
23 |
|
|
|
Riesling: |
21.8 |
3.2 |
0.630 |
|
Seyval |
23.4 |
3.1 |
0.691 |
| Traminette |
20.4 |
3.15 |
0.765 |
|
Vidal |
22.7 |
3.15 |
0.665 |
|
Vignoles Ravat-51 second
picking for Oct 2 |
22.8 |
3.05 |
1.066 |
|
"Contessa Bella" (queen's white blend) |
22.1 |
3.05 |
0.780 |
EYE OF THE PARTRIDGE
A blend of Chardonnay and lightly pressed Merlot. |
22.6 |
3.30 |
0.612 |
Yates, Alden, Canadice
table fruit blend as juice |
18.2 |
3.25 |
0.510 |
Baron’s Blend
is traditionally a blend of Chancellor, Baco, Foch, and Leon Millot and
Chambourcin. A dark hearty bodied Bordeaux style.
Eye of the Pa'tridge Tom's new
blend of lightly pressed Merlot and Chardonnay. A wonderful royal
pairing. A surprisingly complex and serious rose.
Maiden's Blush
is a fruity wine best finished with a little residual sugar. It is a blend
of Aurore, Cayuga, usually Chelois, however, due to that shortage, Tom used
another red to color. While it looks dark in your container, it should
lighten with fermentation. We usually recommend a 71B or Cotes des Blanc
for this wine.
Contessa Bella (white) blend is a combination of
Seyval, Vignoles and Vidal. All blends are sugar and acid adjusted.
The percentages vary, the order the
varieties are listed in not necessary in order of volume of those juices used.
Thank you for your Patronage!
May all your wines
Fall Bright!
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