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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 [...]

2008 Zinfandel Juice Lab Results

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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.

Conflicting Brix

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. [...]

2006 Merlot

I just got the rep-bottling lab results on the 2006 Merlot:

Free SO2:  17 mg/L
Total  SO2:  33 mg/L

I added another 2g to bring it up to a target of 40 mg/L

Oh and I racked it into the beer keg, ready for bottling!

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 [...]

2007 Initial Harvest Numbers

I re-calibrated the pH meter and did my best with the titratable acid test. I might send the G&M Syrah in to Vinquiry to double check the pH. The Syrah is so much darker than the other two.

- Cabernet, Syrah, Merlot 

“Gardner’s Block” Merlot
200 lbs
Brix: 25.00
pH: 3.65
TA: 0.82%
Potential alcohol: 14.75%

“Gardner’s Block” Cabernet
160 [...]

Vinquiry Lab Results 2006 Merlot (Update)

9/21

Here are the real results from Vinquiry:

pH – 3.70 [...]

2006 Merlot Lab Tests

I pulled off 300 ml to send to Vinquiry today. After racking I took the left-overs and ran my own lab tests on it. Here are my numbers, they seem a little weird.

TA = .65%
pH = 3.66
SO2 = 45 +

The acid should be higher considering the pH and SO2 seems high as well. Now we [...]