Allan & Susan Katz
Chiles Valley 1997 Zinfandel
Awards: Bronze Medal 1998 California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
Chiles Lake
Cellars
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Allan & Susan Katz Chiles Valley 1997 Zinfandel Awards: Bronze Medal 1998 California State Fair, Sacramento, CA |
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Appellation |
Grapes |
Harvest Brix |
Vintage |
Dryness |
Alcohol |
Size |
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Pope Valley |
100% Zinfandel |
25.5° |
10/11/97 |
Very |
13.5% |
750ml |
Our zinfandel grapes were organically grown. They were stemmed and crushed and inoculated with Premier Cuvee yeast and Leuconostoc oenos malolactic culture. Distilled water was added to reduce the sugar slightly to 23.6 brix. Fermentation was complete after nine days and the grapes were left on the lees for an addition five days. The wine was aged in new Lafitte export oak for 6 months and racked three times, but no fining agents were added. Total yield was 67 gallons.
Members of the Chiles Lake Cellars group are Allan Katz, Robert White and Byron Nelson. The Chiles Lake Cellars bottle label was designed by Byron Nelson.
Appellation: Pope Valley
Grapes: 100% zinfandel
Harvest brix: 25.2
Harvest date: October 11, 1997
Residual sugar: none
Alcohol: 13.5%
pH: 3.29
Malic acid: 9 gm%
Free sulfite: 30 ppm
Total sulfite: 64 ppm
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