Lots of new info on vineyard status. Charlie Stanton brought up samples from his Eugene vinyard yesterday, and, wow, it's much farther along than I thought it would be, especially the Pinot Blanc.
Stanton Vinyard, 9/19 samples
Pinot Blanc
Brix: 19.1
pH: 3.12
Juice color: dark green
Flavors: honeyed grape stems
The flavor development was much further along than either I or Charlie thought it would be. This is going to be some spectacular Pinot Blanc!
Pinot Noir (4th Leaf section)
Brix: 20.2
pH: 3.38
Juice color: dark pink
Flavors: dark strawberry/cherry
Pinot Noir (5th Leaf section)
Brix: 20.4
pH: 3.35
Juice color: pink
Flavors: strawberry, straw, green cherries
Both blocks of Pinot Noir are showing nice depth of flavor already. I'm really excited about this year in this vineyard.
In other news, we also launched our new wine club at the Open House yesterday. Feel like we're finally able to give back to our supporters. It was great to have a chance to talk to everyone, too.
More to come later today once I test the samples I collected this morning...
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