Friday, November 4, 2022

Vintage 2022: Summary of Our Yearly Harvest Statistics

The 2022 vintage is in and it is time to sumarize the statistics of that harvest and append it to the harvest of the previous years. Here are the yearly numbers at harvest for comparison:
Variety Harvest Date Brix pH TA Lbs Gals
Auxerrois
September 23, 2019 19.6 3.23 7.35 g/L 636 50
September 17, 2020 19.0 3.07 7.5 g/L 1670 133
September 28, 2021 18.0 3.25 7.5 g/L 1638 130
September 25, 2022 20.0 3.16 7.1 g/L 3097 248
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
Chardonnay
September 28, 2019 21.5 3.17 9.4 g/L 291 26
September 24, 2020 23.5 3.0 10.0 g/L 1136 80
October 3, 2021 20.4 3.28 8.2 g/L 2625 210
October 2, 2022 22.5 3.05 - 3.11 7.5 - 8.9 g/L 2306 185
Cabernet Sauvignon
November 3, 2019 19 3.25 11.1 g/L 332 30
October 22, 2020 22.4 3.08 10.7 g/L 888 80
October 24, 2021 20.1 3.07 10.4 g/L 561 45
October 21, 2022 21.0 3.26
- g/L
~1300 104
Cabernet Franc
October 26, 2019 23 3.23 11.3 g/L 377 32
October 22, 2020 23.3 3.27 11.3 g/L 872 80
October 24, 2021 19.8 3.20 7.4 g/L 402 32
October 21, 2022 22.0 3.27
- g/L
~1200 96
Barbera
October 21, 2022 22.5 3.00
- g/L
~600 48
For this year, the table includes Barbera for the first time. The table does not include the titratable acids (TA) for the Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Barbera. We ran out of reagents to do this test. The post fermentation will have the TA values. The table also contains approximate values for the weight of the Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Barbera. The approximate weight will be back calculated from the number of gallons at press time.
The table also contains a range of values for the Chardonnay to reflect the values that came from the two stainless steel barrels that the must went in to.
All in all, we feel that with the exception of the Chenin Blanc, our crew brought in very clean grapes with the Auxerrois, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Barbera giving us the best yields so far.

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