I hate it when Vinomaker is right.
Friday, August 30, 2013
The taste test.
I hate it when Vinomaker is right.
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The Pinot grigio grapes taste fabulous, good enough to squeeze and just drink as grape juice. But Vinomaker insists they need more time. I suppose he's right, as we didn't harvest the Pinot grigio until September 23rd last year. I'm just being impatient - and thirsty - I suppose. Coming in at 23.2 °Brix, 3.44 pH, and a TA of 7.70 g/l, the chemistry seems to suggest that the grapes need more hang time.
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6 comments:
Good juice is better than bad wine, but good wine is best after all:-)
I have no experience with Pinot gris, so those numbers seem perfect to me. I wonder: where in importance does vinomaker place the expression of varietal character as a measure of maturity.
?--sorry
NHW: Especially at a party!
Tomasso: At the top I suppose: VM does not think the grapes are expressing varietal character at this point and need more phenolic maturity (skin and seed phenolics).
Being right - That's what he gets paid the big bucks for as they say here!
ALW: I wish he got paid "the big bucks"!
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