Ramblings from the Vintner
Welcome to my Ramblings page. This is where we express what is happening at the winery. This is reserved for personal reflections and please feel free to comment..
January 5th, 2012
Wowwww. It's been three months since the last post. So what is going on and where are we at. Wines are in oak and steel cold stabilizing. Sample runs last week are showing some distinct promises and distinct issues. Brianna is our one big issue and the small batch of it will more than likely be tossed. Lesson learned here, DO NOT accept fruit with powdery mildew on it. Period. This is a small batch and was a running experiment. Based on initial testing at crush, I believe the 2013 Brianna will be a stunner. One lot of Cayuga is pretty neutral and will serve as our blending source for our peach wine. The other lot is typical of Cayuga.Nice notes of apricot with a rich rose petal nose. NY81 is going to be the big surprise. Very Riesling esque. So much so a trip to the finger lakes was needed. We will compare the NY Rieslings to the NY81. We will be very close based on initial taste samples. The reds are ,amazingly ,in decent shape and we believe will be very very respectable. Time for pruning to begin along with the myriad of vineyard damage repair that will need to be undertaken. Bottling and the summer festivals. We look forward to seeing familiar faces again and all the new ones in 2012. I will get back to the monthly posts with the next one coming in February
