Bill has continued to keep his idary for the 2010 Vintage. He has now bottled his wine and his last entry reads "
Perfect colour and taste.
Very happy with result.
Best wine yet...
In his email Bill says"
Hi Brian
I have finally bottled my wine, and It’s perfect!
Out of 150kg of grapes I bottled 102 bottles.
Attaching my completed 2010 journal /diary.
The Ph level 3.9 was a bit higher than last year’s but I didn’t want to add any tartaric acid this time.
I’m very happy with the taste, and the strong colour.
Overall super. I will drop in a bottle to you when I’m in the area
I have been reading the progress of next year’s vintage on your website.
Regards
Bill
Bill's Updated Diary is below
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Date
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Room
Temp
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Juice
Temp
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Be
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Ph
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Details
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Remarks
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28/2/2010
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22.0
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19.5
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13.0
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3.9
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Crushed by hand crusher repeated crushing 4 times per box and de-stemmed by hand
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Grapes excellent quality picked less than 20hrs ago.
Filled fermentation vat near full just 150mm from the top
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1/3/2009
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19.5
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19.5
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14.0
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3.6
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Added 150g tartaric acid Ph level 3.6
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Inoculated with Enofern VQ15 Yeast. 38g/150litres diluted in 380mil of warm 35C water. Wait 20min and add to juice
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2/3/2010
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22.0
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19.5
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13.8
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3.6
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Cap risen to the top
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3/3/2010
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23.0
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22.0
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12.5
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3.6
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Bubbling away
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4/3/2010
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20.0
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26.0
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8.0
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3.5
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4/3/2010
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29.0
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26.5
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6.5
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3.5
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5/3/2010
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24.0
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27.5
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5.0
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3.6
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Nice colour
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6/3/2010
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24.0
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26.0
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2.0
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3.6
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7/3/2010
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20.0
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23.0
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1.0
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3.7
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Pressed. Net juice 105 litres
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Filled stainless steel vat and air locked. Nice colour and taste
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8/3/2010
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20.0
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22.0
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3.7
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Added VP41 Malo 1g/100lit
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10/3/2010
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17.0
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20.00
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Will maintain juice temp to 20? C. Covered vat with insulation to maintain temperature.
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12/3/2010
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24.0
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20.0
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3.8
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Ph risen ???
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Ph went up I will wait until malo finishes.
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24/4/2010
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22.0
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21.0
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4.1
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Added ½ tab of ESSEOODUE BARRIQUE 20 PMS for 100litres
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Ph still high but it tastes ok
Experimented on 1 lit added tartaric and reduced ph to 3.6 but tasted like lemon juice.
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26/4/2010
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19.0
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18.6
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3.9
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Racked ok.
Sludge at bottom of tank aprox. 110mm
Net wine aprox. 85lit
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1/5/2010
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Sank in 6x 450mm x 75mm French oak staves
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7/6/2010
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Removed oak staves. Tastes OK
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20/10/2010
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Added ½ tab of ESSEOODUE BARRIQUE 20 PMS for 100litres . Prior to bottling
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24/10/2010
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19.5
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17.0
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3.9
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Bottled and filled
102 x 750ml bottles
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Perfect colour and taste.
Very happy with result.
Best wine yet...
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