We just finished crushing our 2010 Merlot from Stone Tree Vineyard. This will be the Merlot that goes into our Artemisia blend. The fruit looked and tasted wonderful! Many thanks to Stone Tree for delivering such great fruit in such a challenging year.
Anke, Tom, Maria and Martha are all hard at work sorting jacks in the photo on the left. It is a little hard to see, but the fruit was nice and small and stayed pretty well intact throughout the de-stemming and crushing processes. Anke, made SO2 additions throughout the day.
The crushed fruit is in the cellar tonight getting a cold soak (chilled down to about 55 degrees Fahrenheit). Anke will slowly warm it and inoculate it with yeast soon so it can begin the fermentation process. -Neil
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