Got about 260lbs of Syrah from RiverRock vineyard. Good looking, clean fruit. Smaller, sparse berries--likely because it's a second leaf syrah. Great flavor. Added in about 12lbs of Viognier to co-ferment. Got new PH meter today--just in time. Nice to have the auto temp correction feature.
BRIX 27
PH 3.8
PH is a little higher than we would like. We may adjust it down before starting fermentation. Stirred 2tsp meta in 6oz of water into the must.
Also brought back a few nice clusters of RiverRock Clone-6 Cab. It measured 27 Brix as well with a 3.5 PH. Not sure if the cluster came from a sunny side or end-block. Wasn't expecting to pick until late. Will need to watch it.
Chard was down to 994 SG. Transferred it into Bob's 15G barrel to settle for a couple weeks plus carboys. Michele took home the 6G chard from her barrel in carboys. Put fermentation locks on to let it finish. Measured the PH, it was 3.1! A bit lower than we expected.
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