The last two days have seen us harvest the majority of our Merlot on Backsberg. The quality looks fantastic. The berries are really small with great flavour concentration, as well as being fairly loose on the bunch (evidenced below) allowing the sun to ripen just about every berry uniformly. Above you can see the grapes in a trailer before they are tipped into the crusher.
Here's a pic of me on top of tank 95, a 12.5 thousand litre tank and home to some of the merlot for now.
We are all excited about the prospects of the merlot. No doubt it will make the perfect accompaniment to a Valentine's date in years to come. On that note, Happy Valentine's Day. I am still looking for a date myself! SB
2 comments:
Yummy!!! Something to look forward to. Hope you find your date.
Michelle
Hello Simon and all the Backs!
Lovely to see one of the best wine estate blogs and also hear you're at the farm now full-time. Congats on the new school opening!
Best regards Joran
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