Well it has been a long time since I last posted. I encountered some major health problems right after my last post that caused me to be house bound ever since. I'm now starting to get better and hope to pay better attention to my vineyard this year.
The 2010 harvest was quite small due to my sloppy job of netting. I got my wife to help but I apparently did not block out all the entry points for the birds (which we have lots of !!!). I also did not inspect my vineyard daily like I normally do and ignored them for several weeks only to find that about 75% of those beautiful grapes had been eaten! However, those that I did harvest were very nice. My wife de-stemmed and crushed them by hand for me (she didn't want to use the "crusher/de-stemmer" equipment). This is the same sweetie that planted my original Marquette vines several years ago because I was unable to (I had another heart attack just before the vines arrived).
Bad news aside, the 2010 grapes made a nice wine that ended up (after MLF and cold stabilization) at pH of 3.4 and TA of 6.1 g/l (.61%) without the use of any carbonates to reduce acid levels. With a little oak and some blending I expect it to be a nice wine when ready for drinking in a few years (this will be the 2nd harvest that ended up with similar numbers!!).
Looking forward to a good 2011 harvest and hoping for no early Spring freeze or other major weather problems.
A votre sante !!!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
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