Our last big harvest of the year, Part 2 of Chenin Blanc occurred on October 19, 2025.
Prior to the harvest, due to the rains that the nor'easter brought on Sunday, October 12 and Monday, October 13 the Chenin that we were not able to harvest on October 10 were suffering from a little bit of rot. My husband and I went through the remaining Chenin rows to drop the bunches that were diseased.
We took out about 25 pounds of grapes from each of the rows that we triaged. We had 3 rows that we were not able to net quickly enough which allowed the turkeys and raccoons to get their share.
On Sunday, October 19, a large group of our friends and our family came to help us with this harvest, making short work of the remaining 9 rows of Chenin Blanc. The grapes that were harvested looked very good!
Since we had such great help, the harvest was over around 11:15. It turned out to be a beautiful day and we were able to sit, have lunch and relax.
The following day, October 20 was another rainy day. Stonington Vineyard's crew, Mike, Jim and Dakota were waiting when we came to bring our harvest during a lull in the rain at 10 a.m. The press was loaded and the cycle began at 10:40. We finished up at 12:30 and the rain was also over by that time.
We took the juice back to our winery and took the hydrometer reading and also measured the pH and the titratable acids:
| Variety |
Weight |
Volume |
Brix |
pH |
TA |
| Chenin Blanc rows 9-17 |
2125 pounds |
170 gallons |
24.0 |
3.05 |
8.1 g/L |
Once again, we couldn't do this without our friends and some new friends as well who come and lend a hand during harvest. We also want to thank Mike, Jim and Dakota who go out of their way to help us with the pressing. We are grateful!
No comments:
Post a Comment