Today (Sunday Oct 18th) we crushed over a ton of grapes. Yesterday (the 17th) Lee, Bob, Pam, Michelle and her son went to Hell's Canyon Winery and gleaned about 110# of Cabernet Franc. Ray went to Williamson's and picked up 1500# of Cabernet and 500# of Petite Syrah. Today we crushed/destemmed the lot. All of the grapes were very clean and healthy. WE used the motorized crusher, and are glad we did. It went rather quickly. We ended up with about
135 gal of Cab must, 27 brix, 3.7 Ph
57 gal of Petite Syrah, 23.5 brix, 2.4 Ph
10 gal of Cab Franc, 25 brix, 3.4ph
We added the appropriate amounts of Meta to each batch and put them to bed for a couple of days. We punched down the Washington Cab, Malbec and Syrah. All are fermenting well. It's probably time to add yeast nutrient.
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