1989 Vidal Blanc
December 20017 – 1989 was a “blend year” – my primary wines were a red blend and a white blend.
I think I did the Vidal because the Mitchell Vineyards had some left over and were selling at a good price.
Ingredients
| Fruit | 6 gallons Vidal juice, 20.6 brix, 70ppm sulfite |
| Yeast Nutrient | 3 tsp |
| Yeast | Red Star Epernay II |
Method
| Started | 10/21/1989 SG 1.082 |
| Racked | 11/05/1989 SG 1.010 |
| Racked, 1/4 tsp K-sulfite added | 11/13/1989 SG 1.000 |
| Racked, filtered w/#1 filter pad | 11/28/1989 SG 0.995 |
| Racked | 01/28/1990 SG 0.995 |
| Racked, Bentonite added | 06/06/1990 SG 0.995 |
| Bottled | 07/12/1990 SG 0.995 |
Notes
| Yield | 24 bottles |
| Alcohol | 11.8% |
| Afterthoughts | The one thing I remember about this wine was that it dropped a LOT of sediment. Had others do that, but this one started with 6 gallons juice and ended up with less than 5 gallons of wine. Not a problem, just a surprise. |
| October 2018 | It occurred to me that the above note about sediment jives with my memory that this was leftover juice. The tank had settled and I got a larger portion of the settled sediment. |