Trial Blending #2 on Thursday

Trial blending for our Bordeaux Blend is Thursday. We're planning on starting at 5:30pm and having some snackies while we taste and then bottling after we decide on the blend.    Bring something to share...see you there!

 

Troy

 

Here are some thoughts on the Mangafique blend this year.  We're trying a Cabernet "Left Bank" style Bordeaux blend.  They are cab & cab-franc heavy with smaller amounts of merlot and malbec.

 

We want about a 10oz sample (300 ml).  Here are the starting blends and volumes. The syringes will make it much faster to do the blending this year.

  

Blend #1 (pre-blending favorite)

70% Cabernet    210ml

20% Cab Franc    60ml

10% Merlot          30ml

0% Malbec

 

We'll compare that blend to 2 others and see which we like, and then refine.

 

Blend #2 (add Malbec back in)

70% Cabernet     210ml

15% CFranc         45ml

10% Merlot           30ml

5% Malbec           15ml

 

Blend #3 (Amp up the Merlot)

70% Cabernet      210ml

15% CFranc          45ml

15% Merlot            45ml