Wise Acres Winery » PMR http://www.wiseacreswinery.com Three wiseacres crack their way to fame Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:03:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Racking and Attempted Bottling http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2008/03/10/racking-and-attempted-bottling/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2008/03/10/racking-and-attempted-bottling/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:19:18 +0000 gardner http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2008/03/10/racking-and-attempted-bottling/ A few weeks ago (when was it Chuck?) Joe, Chuck and I got together for a day of barrel cleaning, racking of the 2007 Syrah, and bottling of our 2006 Cabernets. Things didn’t go as planned. All of it could have been prevented by a little work done a few days ahead. Here is what happened [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2008/03/10/racking-and-attempted-bottling/feed/ 0 More SO2 http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/05/more-so2/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/05/more-so2/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:03:59 +0000 gardner http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/05/more-so2/ While checking my pants pockets before laundering I discovered a 5g packet of SO2.  Oops, that was supposed to go into the 2007 Syrah must with the other 5g packet.  So I added it.

I also added 2 grams of EPMS (Effervescent Potassium Metabisulfite) (1g of true SO2) to the 2006 PMR and 2006 “Gardner’s Block” Cabernet.

Plus [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/05/more-so2/feed/ 0 2006 Cabernet Vinquiry Lab Results http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/02/2006-cabernet-vinquiry-lab-results/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/02/2006-cabernet-vinquiry-lab-results/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:16:27 +0000 gardner http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/02/2006-cabernet-vinquiry-lab-results/ 2006 PMR Cabernet

 

 

pH

3.79

 

Titratable Acidity

0.695

g/100mL

Free SO2

0

 

Total SO2

0

 

Glucose + Fructose

163

mg/100mL

Malic Acid

10

mg/100mL

Volatile Acidity

0.106

g/100mL

 

 

 

2006 “Gardner’s Block” Cabernet

 

 

pH

3.84

 

Titratable Acidity

0.624

g/100mL

Free SO2

0

 

Total SO2

http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/02/2006-cabernet-vinquiry-lab-results/feed/ 0 Trip to PMR Vineyards http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/05/27/trip-to-peter-martin-ray-vineyards/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/05/27/trip-to-peter-martin-ray-vineyards/#comments Mon, 28 May 2007 00:16:09 +0000 gardner http://wiseacreswinery.com/?p=74 I went up to MR Vineyards on Mt. Eden today with Linus and his family. We pulled a few barrel samples of their own wine (personal consumption). As with my own 2006 Cabernet, theirs is huge and shows great potential for being a wonderfully powerful and complex wine. The 2005 Cabernet showed nice structure, but a [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/05/27/trip-to-peter-martin-ray-vineyards/feed/ 2 2006 Barrel Tasting http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/05/27/2006-barrel-tasting/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/05/27/2006-barrel-tasting/#comments Sun, 27 May 2007 14:39:21 +0000 gardner http://wiseacreswinery.com/?p=73 Chuck’s parents were in town so we pulled a barrel samples of the 2006 Other Vineyard Merlot and Cabernet and PMR Cabernet. The first two were well balanced and close to accessible, they both have a the subtle raison flavor found in the 2005 Merlot that is overpowering to some, loved by others.

The PMR Cabernet was [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/05/27/2006-barrel-tasting/feed/ 0 2006 Pressing Night – 42.5 gallons http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2006/11/02/2006-pressing-night-425-gallons/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2006/11/02/2006-pressing-night-425-gallons/#comments Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:49:09 +0000 gardner http://wiseacreswinery.com/?p=56 Monday night I picked up a bladder press from Fermentation Frenzy and we started pressing around 7:00 or so. The pressing system worked very well. I put my old stainless homebrew lauter tun under the press to collect the wine. The false bottom was intended to filter out any large solids, but there was really nothing [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2006/11/02/2006-pressing-night-425-gallons/feed/ 0 2006 Crush http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2006/10/15/2006-crush/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2006/10/15/2006-crush/#comments Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:32:22 +0000 gardner http://wiseacreswinery.com/?p=37 Chuck, Lewie and I Crushed approx. 200 lbs each of: “Gardner’s Block” Merlot, “Gardner’s Block” Cabernet, and Peter Ray Cabernet. We used a motorized, auger driven crusher/destemmer from Fermentation Frenzy. It was fast, much faster than us.

Note: Don’t rinse out the hopper when you are standing in front of the chute.

After everything was clean I realized [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2006/10/15/2006-crush/feed/ 0