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2008 Zinfandel Lab Results

Here are the results of the latest lab test for the 2008 Zinfandel:

2007 Zin Post ML

Malic Acid 83 mg/100mL

pH 4.16 

Titratable Acidity 0.605 g/100mL

Free SO2 None detected 

Total SO2 3 mg/L 

I fear ML is stuck as it needs to get down to 15-30 mg/100ml. I am going to try adding some fresh cultures. Also the pH is too [...]

Bottling 2007 Syrah on 12/20/2008

Just in time to give as Christmas gifts. We will be bottling, barcoding and labeling about 25 cases. I have the corks, the bottles and the filler reserved. The argon is full and the wine is ready to go after a final lab analysis. I am going to send out an invite for anyone wanting to [...]