...And Waiting...
In my last post (9/18) I mentioned that the forecast had backed off of rain for Thursday. Well, the revised forecast was wrong.I was back in the barrel stack topping when the smell of rain hit me from outside. For me it was a bit of a sphincter-tightening moment, but fortunately the front came through without leaving more than a few hundredths of an inch – nothing to fret over.
The Pinot samples on the morning of the 18th posted 22.5° Brix – no change in a week. Sampled Pinot again today and got almost 23.0° Brix. At this rate it might be October before I pick any Pinot after all.
The forecast (please be right!) is calling for warmer and drier through the end of the week. This would be a good thing. The Tannat is at 23.0 ° Brix today, the Syrahs are around 21.0° Brix and the Mourvedre is all of 19.2° – I didn't even bother with the Grenache and Counoise, since they appear to have just now completed veraison.
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