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2011 Sauvignon Blanc Harvest

Wednesday, 17 August 2011 12:48

Sauvignon Blanc 16th of August, 2011

Second in the picking order as usual is Sauvignon Blanc. We pick it early to get the best possible varietal character in what is usually a cooler climate grape. We’re looking for fresh, green, almost herbaceous flavours for the first pick. Sweeter, fruit flavours come a little later, but we can’t leave it too long. If you pick this variety too late it loses all interesting flavour, becoming flat and flabby!

The first two picks resulted in juice at around 10.4 on the refractometer, which will ferment to dry at just over 11% alcohol. Next pick scheduled for Friday. More then ………..

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