Here is a photo of one of our bunches of Chenin Blanc clone 982. You can see by the line post gradations, from notch to notch it is 4 inches so that means that this bunch is nearly 8 inches tall and has a small wing to the side. Chenin Blanc clone 982 produces bunches with very tight clusters which can be tricky for maintaining clean grapes. But the tight cluster means that the bunch can have significant weight and I would guestimate that the weight of this cluster is about 8 ounces.
In 2017, I took the measurements of one of the bunches of Chenin Blanc that I inadvertently cut and blogged about in
Vital Statistics for our Chenin Blanc. In that photo, the bunch of Chenin Blanc is 6 inches x 4 inches and weighed 7.45 ounces.
Our Chenin Blanc is finally accumulating some sugars. The most recent test taken on September 14, 2017 showed the following:
| Variety |
# of Berries |
Weight |
Volume
of Juice |
Brix |
pH |
TA |
| Chenin Blanc |
100 |
138 g |
55 mL |
14.6 |
2.62 |
16.8 g/L |
We have a week of fine weather coming up so we hope that our Chenin Blanc continues on it's course of ripening.
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