Bottling and Blending Plans

Meet at noon - 4pm on Saturday Sept 15th to wash bottles and then do blending. Initial blending starting points to consider are listed below. Meet at noon-4pm on Sunday to do first round of bottling.

1) Magnafique Bordeaux Blend using the WA cab, merlot, malbec and petite verdot.
15G WA cab (50%)
11G Merlot (36%)
3G Malbec (10%)
1G Petite Verdot (3%)
30G Total
12 cases (2.4 cases each)

2) Bosique Merlot/Malbec Blend
20G Merlot (80%)
5G Malbec (20%)
25G Total
10.5 cases (2 cases each)

3) Clone-6 Cab
22G Clone-6 Cab (94%)
1G Malbec (5%)
.25G Petite Verdot (1%)
23.25G
9.7 cases (almost 2 cases each)

4) Syrah
35G 97% Syrah and 3% Viognier co-fermented.
14.5 cases (almost 3 cases each! :)

5) Reserve Cab (Williamson). Leave in 30G barrel for 6 more months, slowly topping with malbec to blend. Add a smidgin of Petite Verdot before bottling, if we want.
30G Clone-2 Cab (94%)
1.5G Malbec (5%)
1G Petite Verdot (1%)
31.5G Total
13 Cases (2.5 cases each)