2019 Late Harvest Chenin Blanc Update

This past year, 2019, we left a small amount of clusters on our vine with the thought of making a late harvest Chenin Blanc. I wrote two blogs about it:

• Last Harvest of the Year
• 2019 Late Harvest Chenin Blanc Next Steps

Initially, we were quite worried that the wine would be very dark in color. Here is a pictorial recap of what the initial juice looked like:

We began the fermentation on November 25 and stopped the fermentation at approximately 6 Brix which is about 50 g/L of residual sugar. We then added some sulfur dioxide to 0.8 g/L free, and stored it in a 35 degree F fermentation chamber. Yesterday, we took out some wine to test and the wine looked like this shown in the glass on the left.
The numbers for this late harvest wine are:
pH = 3.75
TA = 10.5 g/L
The aromas were of an undertone of tropical fruits. When we tasted it, we got a mixture of tropical fruits and stone fruits.