Harvest 2006 begins - Picked up Gewurztraminer

Today I picked up 60 litres of Gewurtztraminer juice from Palatine Hills Estate Winery in Niagara-on-the-lake.

The grapes were picked Sept. 27, and allowed to rest 6 hours on skins with some enzymes before being pressed. As I was in California at the time, helping with Eno Wines' harvest, my share was set aside in three 20L buckets and put in cold storage until I could pick them up today.

The inital numbers look fantastic:

- 21.8°B
- 6.4 g/L TA
- 3.52 ph

The only concern is that the TA is a little low. As I'm aiming for an Alsacian-style white, I'll probably raise this to .7 in order to give it a little more 'spine.'

Posted by Nathan on Tue October 10, 2006 at 2:14 PM |

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