Ray and Lee got the second cooler assembled on Monday and we moved the final barrel in on Tuesday, so all of the wine is now under climate control. Just in time for the hot weather. They were able to put the larger A/C unit on the older, larger, cooler to help circulation. We'll have to monitor temps and adjust as needed.
We took the opportunity to top and taste. All wines are sound and tasting very good. A couple tasting notes.
1. The Clone 6 Cab has started to wake up and has much more nose and flavor than it has since ML. We are hopeful that we'll be able to hold it over to blend into the reserve Cabernet.
2. The Williamson cab continues to have some harsher seed tannins. The cab in Ray's new 30G barrel is the best. You can smell and taste the new wood. It's probably the one to hold over for Reserve.
3. The Merlot continues to be very tasty.
4. The ID Malbec didn't have as much fruit this time.
5. The Sangio blend is very tart cherries. Needs more time in the barrel and some blending.
6. All wines were down significantly--a good bottle or more. We should try to top every 2 weeks.
Bob's new wine carts work terrific!
Troy
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