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Getting Up Close With a Winemaker: Harvest

by Farley

This is paraphrased from our associate winemaker John Kane from a recent update:

winery harvest timeWhat: Harvest got rolling with grapes from mostly Solano county, Contra Costa County, and Lake County. It looks to be an interesting harvest due to the mild growing season for the majority of the summer and then the last few weeks of extreme heat. The sugar rose moderately due to the warm days combined with high acid levels. What does he think of the quality? “So what I am seeing is a bit of a leaner year with possibly more spice tones and black fruits. In relation, more wines will have the appeal of our reserves across the board. This means Lyon’s, Maggie’s, and Rockpile style wines.”
Those are some of my favorites, so that’s good news

How: 40% American oak from Seguin Moreau, Radoux, and Keystone. There is Russian oak in a hybrid barrel from Seguin Moreau. The body of the barrel is American oak from Minnesota and the heads are from Russia (adding spice compared to heavy toast flavors–ideal for Zin). French Oak for other 60%– wood from forests all over France . We selectively use Ermitage wood from the Hermitage region. This cooper makes 1000 barrels, of which we get 150.

What else: Looking at Sonoma County to come in over the next two to three weeks. Mendocino County will also follow. As for Paso Robles, we’ve gotten two vineyards, including Richard Sauret, which was brought to the winery in refrigerated trucks.

Everyone’s working hard, and I’ll do my best to keep you posted.

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Posted in Rosenblum Cellars, harvest on September 24th, 2007

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