Zinfandel • Chiles Valley

Block Description

Block 10 vines are 9'wide and vines 5' apart. Vines are pruned to two shoots per spur and two buds per shoot. The vineyard is on a 3% to 5% slope. The vineyard is on a drip Irrigation system with both sprinklers and a wind machine for frost control. We source water from our own 25-acre-foot reservoir. The block produces excellent-flavored fruit. It produces approximately 5 tons per acre and is available for picking between mid-September and the first week of October. Most wineries harvest our fruit when the grapes reach 24 Brix and 3.2 PH. The fruit is available either hand-picked or machine-picked. Our machine-picked fruit is harvested with a Pellenc harvester, with fruit destemmed and stems removed. Machine-picked fruit will provide clearer fruit, picked, and for most wineries, ready for tank fermentation. Grapes are from our Block 10