Had a bit later harvest for the red grapes that we took on Oct 11/12th. We were going for the extra hang time to fry to bring up the sugars on the Foch a bit and as of Oct 9 Foch was 19.5 brix. The Leon Millot was in the 20-21brix area. Foch below.
Unfortunately we had a huge rain that day as well and by Oct 10 the Foch was reading 18.5 brix and 18.25 on Oct 11 with many grape bunches swollen and splitting from uptake of water in the soil.
In the end the Leon was about 20 and combined we had approximately 19brix. Not the best numbers..19.5 or even 20brix overall is a target but the quality was good with little to no rot.
Huge thank you to the harvest crew this year with my brother Jim, neighbor Frank Raymond, and new addition - Courtney Feeney of Edgewood!
Some othet positives was the Leon is maturing amd producing more and the St. Croix produced big bunches, many in the 125-150grm size at 19brix, with low acid. St.Croix below.
