Harvest Report Card
BURRELL SCHOOL VINEYARDS HARVEST REPORT FOR 2010
October 21st - Jjust before the arrival of this year's first significant rains, we brought in 2.4 tons of fully ripe Cabernet Sauvignon from the Luchessi vineyard in Saratoga.
October 20th - Picked our Estate Petit Verdot, .5 ton
October 15th - Pichon Cabernet Franc, 4.5 tons (compare to last year's 3.2 tons).
October 12th - An all-day harvest at Pichon--1.5 tons of Syrah from the lower block, 7 tons
from the mesa block of Syrah and (surprise!!) 1.5 tons of Cabernet Sauvignon. Great sugar and acid levels, good tonnage.
October 11th - We picked Burrell School Merlot, 3 tons, plus started Pichon Syrah, the lower
block, which was 1.5 tons.
October 8th - We pressed off old vine Zinfandel from the Moniz vineyard.
October 6th - We pressed off Pinot Noir. All the Pinot is in barrel now!
October 4th - DellaMaggiore Petite Sirah arrived--1.5 tons
October 1st - We picked all the Estate Chardonnay, 5 tons total. No comparison from last year since we grafted over 300 vines to Cab Franc. Pick was 10 days later than last year. Also in today, the Cabernet Sauvignon from DellaMaggiore Vineyards @ 6.5 tons. 11 days later than last year.
September 30th - Pichon Merlot harvest @ 3.75 tons, .25 more than last year. Picked 1 week later than last year.
September 29th - Petite Sirah from Machado Creek picked today. Approximately 4 tons of nice ripe Petite. Expect to pick Estate Merlot tomorrow and Estate Chardonnay on Friday.
September 28th - Balance of Estate Pinot Noir is picked. Fruit is looking very good!
September 17th - 5500 pounds of clone 115 Pinot Noir &
2800 pounds of clone 667 Pinot Noir
clean healthy grapes and .9 ton more than we picked from the same blocks last year
Check back soon for more harvest updates.