Tasting Notes

While racking the other day, Bruce and I snuck a bit out of each 'batch', to see how they are doing. Keep in mind we have no idea what we're tasting for, but you gotta start somewhere!

In age order:
2006 Cab Blend:
Hmm, tastes like wine . . . kinda acidic, guess we'll let it continue to age in big glass jug for awhile, maybe those tanins will resolve.

2007 Estate Cabernet:
OMG did we ferment lemon juice? The 2006 now tastes totally smooth. I think we'll try to precipitate some of that out with potassium carbonate.

2007 Blends (one roughly 50/50, the other 40/40 with about 20 '06):
Wow, they're not bad, pretty smooth and fruity tasting. Especially after that 2007 Estate!

2007 Leach Cabernet:
Did somebody sneak some real wine in here? It's actually really good! Hard to tell if the acid balance is a bit low, or is just right and we're still getting over the other batches. Let it age and we'll do the actual test next racking.