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Vintage 2002

This wine is apparently "foxy", according to a Melbourne wine shop operator. I made my first wine 1999 from these vines.

Over 20 liters of Crushed fruit and Juice

Very sweet 1.087 add 10 Camden tablets

April 4 EC1118 wine yeast with 2.5 tspn yeast nutrient, 2.5 tspn tannic acid 2.5 tspn ascorbic acid, 2.5 tspn tartaric acid, 2.5 tspn malic acid

April 5 No go, put stronger General Purpose Wine yeast in next day with some juice. Not sure, did not go off, could see a rise in the skins

April 6 Going off. Indeed! Looks like at least 12-14 liters, depending on the pressings. Bought a new barrel 30l to handle this, was going to get a 60l, glad I didn’t!

May 23 Racked and splashed to rid the smell of sulphides to Oak barrel as much as possible. One and a half bottles finished the half off tonight!
Still stinks. tastes rather dry, but okay, sharp like a flat champagne !

Mead and current 16 November 2001

As per recipe…

3 kg honey
2kg currents, washed, in nylon bag
1.5 tspns malic acid
1.5 tspns ascorbic acid
1.5 tspns tartaric acid
1.5 tspns tannic acid
1.5 tspns speedase
3 crushed Camden tablets
made up to 10 litres warm water
wait for Saturday sg 1.104

Took a day to start off
31 Dec. 01 Racked off to 10 litre Have to put pebbles in. 1.21 sg

4 Feb Racked off all Glass

Tastes fine!

April 12 Bottled 8 with one to rack again…

Shiraz 2002

Bought 20 kg From Melbourne April 2002

Harry and Marilyn bought them at Mahonies Road Markrt (?)
Smallish berries on the clusters

Crushing, 27 April

a test of Brix was good, 1.103sg !!!! may have to dilute…. frozen , half thawed, crushed, and destemmed.
Got 15 litres (vol), Very sweet
Added 3 x ¼ tspn campden powder. Camden use 160mg/litr when 0.5gm/tablet: 15l=5 tablets, or threee tspn powder?

Start

just tried sprinkling the Burgundy Yeast wine yeast on, went off by the next evening

Thursday Racked off and pressed lees Beautiful. Racked all after minor sieving to oak barrel, about 14 liters.

Tuesday Tasted okay, gritty, smell of sulphur again…type of yeast?

23 May

Nearly finished 2^nd fermentation. Racked off oak barrel to 10 litre and 1-3/4 bottles. Tastes rather good, to me! Less than 11% so far, will wait another few weeks and maybe add the campden tablets.

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