Harvest was late arriving, and now continues on into November! Normally we are wrapping up the last of our fermentations and barreling down all the reds by Halloween, but as you can see in my picture from today, our barrel room is still packed with fermenting bins. This year we will most likely not be wrapping up harvest until Thanksgiving, which will definitely be the latest we have ever had harvest go here at GIV.
Last month I wrote that our Malbec was the first red processed this season and now, an entire month later, we only just finally pressed it off of its skins. I was excited about that wine a month ago, and only more excited about it now. In addition to the Malbec, the rest of our Bordeaux varietals that we have brought in are looking really good as well, which means we will hopefully bottle a new Premier in the next few years!
And for those of you excited about the barrel tasting event later this month, don't worry, we will have plenty of space in the barrel room by then to have some fun. And if you haven't bought your tickets yet, they are up on our website now!
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