When Sunday came around, we had a hard working crew of approximately 35 people who helped us select only the best grapes to put into our yellow lugs. We have 17 rows of Chenin Blanc so on Sunday, the crew helped us to harvest the first 11 rows of Chenin Blanc. On Monday, we harvested the rest of the best grapes from the remaining rows.
On Monday, we had 6-1/2 bins of good quality Chenin Blanc that were at Jonathan Edwards winery. Unfortunately, it was raining again on Monday and Jon opined that he thought the grapes were in good shape and advised us come back first thing Tuesday morning to begin the destemming and pressing. It was very good advice! We went back yesterday and the destemming and pressing commenced from 10 a.m. and ended at 1:10 p.m. Here is a comparison to previous year's numbers at harvest:
Variety | Harvest Date | Brix | pH | TA | Lbs | Gals |
Chenin Blanc | ||||||
October 14, 2019 | 21.6 | 3.15 | 13.5 g/L | 3930 | 305 | |
October 11, 2020 | 23.3 | 3.09 | 12.1 g/L | 8201 | 655 | |
October 17-18, 2021 | 20.4 | 3.17 | 14.6 g/L | 6200 | 496 | |
October 16-17, 2022 | 21.0 | 3.07 | 8.9 g/L | 4901 | 392 |
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