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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 [...] It started Saturday night with some steaks, sausages and bottles of Road31 Pinot and Arns Syrah. Overall a very good way to start things. Events lead Joe and I down the street to a wine tasting party held by the owner of a wine storage company. It was a school auction item party, but we [...] Hydrometer reads 0 on the 2008 Zinfandel. Ready for pressing. AC24581 08 ZINJUICE pH 3.84 Titratable Acidity 0.555 g/100mL We will need to add acid at some point, probably Tartaric. I am researching how much and when to add. This Sunday we will be pressing the Zin/Petite. TO DO: Swell Hungarian barrel I am updating a graph of the sugar level of the Zinfandel. It is on the left sidebar and I will try to keep it up-to-date. I can only post one variable, but I am tracking temperature as well and it is a classic inverse curve relative to the Brix. We have a vigorous fermentation [...] A day after pitching the yeast I check the temp and gravity. There is activity already, temperature was up 3ºF even though it was a cold night (46ºF outside). The weird thing is that I am getting a higher reading of 26ºB as compared to the the two other readings both coming out at 24.5ºB. [...] Crush was great success! Chuck’s timing was perfect, he arrived at the vineyard just after we transfered all 1,365 lbs of grapes from one bin to the other, by hand. After a brief stop at the tasting room we trundled off to Palo Alto. We had one brief stop for a reconfiguration of the straps and [...] Looks like we will be crushing Dry Creek Zin/Petite a week from today. Phoebe and I will probably pick the “estate” grapes this week after school sometime and crush/press it into the house Rose Magnum. Last years sucked, but I will pay more attention to this one. We have decided to go with G&M Vineyards again for our half-ton of grapes this year. I just hung up with Levi and last week the Zin was at 19, the Petite a little behind. He is predicting harvest third or fourth week in September. He also suggested we either get a year-old barrel or use the [...] |
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