Bottling

Busy day - today we pressed the Merlot, yielded 6 gallons of must.  Now it'll settle out and hopefully continue to go through MLF.

We also realized as long as we were going to clean all our gear might as well use this as a chance to bottle some of the wine in larger carboys we'll need for winemaking very soon.    We tasted the various wines, and opted not to blend any together - we liked the individual tastes each had compared to the blend.

What we got:

6 cases 2009 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon.  One batch came out oakier than the other, so we labeled it 'Reserva' in Argentinian tradition.  Not sure it's better or worse, time and your preference in oak will tell.

2 cases 2010 Amador County Zin.  This was the stuff made from Murrill Vineyards grapes.

2 cases of 3rd Little Red Wagon.  This was one carboy that ended up with surplus from our racking operations,  mostly '09 Zinfandel with some '10 Zinfandel and '09 Cab Sauvignon.