So a lot has happened since my last post, been keeping quite busy. No time to write it all down so here are some pictures and recaps. In order:
My Chardonnays are coming along nicely, they are nearing dryness and are smelling great. The colors seem a bit darker in the pictures but never fear the one on the right (sans skins) is coming out quite clean. I drained the chard on the left off its skins last week and pressed the juice out with a colander so that it can finish up with no hidden sugars in the skins. It is amazing the difference between the two, the chardonnay fermented on skins has a bit of and earthy or gritty note and a bit of tannin and seems a bit appley while the other is very crisp, clean, and bright. The rose is just about dry as well. It has lot quite a bit of its flowery nose and is more fruit, which is a shame. It also has a bit of tannin to it and seems to be getting denser. In the end, it may turn out to be a flop but it was still fun to play with.
We harvested the Old Lakeville Syrah a while back and it is almost done fermenting.
Last tuesday our whole crew went to visit Quintessa. Amazing winery, they certainly spared no expense. They have one of the biggest plots of land on the valley floor. They also farm completely biodiamically a lot of which I like but a bit of it seem...gimmicky. It is agriculture so I think that working around the phases of the moon has a lot of validity but fermenting thistle in cow horns? Sounds like witchcraft. They did have new cement egg fermenters though, which have resonate somehow with me, I like how they feel, I like the idea of them, but not sure why.
Came home one night and Tom was skinning a deer he had just shot, hopefully they'll share!
Last weekend I headed to "The City" or San Francisco. There was a concert at the Golden Gate Park that lasted all Saturday and Sunday, the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. Lots of good bands, the most notable of which was Gogol Bordello! This is the bike parking. Thank god I brought my bike into the city, I can only imagine what driving there would be like. If I ever lived there, I would go completely car-less.
2 comments:
Cory, you are awesome. Can't wait to hear more about biodynamic winery. Bring us a bottle from that place, if you have room!
Lots of love, be
i love the egg!! yeah! and san francisco. i'm seething with jealousy. come back and share the stories!!!
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