Although it is early and the harvest is 2 or 3 weeks, we plan to start taking samples now, so we can make a nice chart to see how it will increase the sugar content!
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(short video in English from the vineyard!)
It takes an average kilo of grapes which are then squeezed to remove the juice and analysis. I used to think that you could walk through the vineyard more or less at random and pick grapes here and there, but it's more complicated - if we pick a representative sample! here are some of the criteria: grapes must be collected from all over the vineyard - if not each vineyard, at least every "x" vineyards, from the outside of the vineyard and the interior, the north, south , east and west of the vineyard of the lower, middle and high cluster, and more ...
Well, I made an effort to be methodical and (more or less) I Complies with the criteria, and it took over 2 hours to pick the grapes!
clusters of Tempranillo (1) August 22, 2010
clusters of Tempranillo (2) August 22, 2010
Clusters Tempranillo (3) August 22, 2010
clusters of Tempranillo (4) August 22, 2010
Then in the cellar, grapes squeezed, strain the juice and put it in a large test tube, was 10.4 in the scale Beaumé that by looking at a conversion table, indicating a probable alcohol content of 10.5% when harvested now . I also put a drop of juice at one end of the spectrometer, and looked toward the sun at the other end, what you see is similar to what I saw a submarine commander looking for his periscipio before launching a torpedo! had three readings: 19% more SACCH., 79 º 0e; 16.1 º KMW Babo, as Juan me explain, I tell you:)
The next time you do an analysis (in 3 or 4 days) to take pictures - is I forgot to do this Once in the winery.
should take data from heartburn too. Over time, the sugar content increases, and low acidity. The question is vintage in her best time, if there is too much sugar, wine and alcoholic would too flat, if not enough sugar, would too much acid.
Algier "knows a method to measure the acidity in the field? (Without having to send samples to a laboratorrio)
data previously for grapes Tempranillo Airen also took data: 7 Beaumé scale, equivalent to 6.5% alcohol likely.
And finally, some pictures of two feral vines - Means that the grafted variety did not work, and is bursting pattern directly.
Viña feral (1)
Viña feral (2)
Every year we say the same! - We want to graft the vines wildflowers, but never have time. To see if this year we do at last!
