Chateau Z Vineyard 2005 Grape Chemistry
Data and pictures from the 2005 season
Variety	Date	Brix (ref.)	TA (%)	pH	Brix/TA	pH^2 * Brix	Notes	Variety	PICTURES
Reliance	8/2/05	16.0	0.96	2.87	16.7	131.8		Reliance	1
	8/10/05	18.1	0.66	3.08	27.4	171.7	Somewhat irregular ripening. Fruit tasty even though pH was low.
Marechal Joffre	8/2/05	18.5	1.13	3.19	16.4	188.3		Marechal Joffre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	8/10/05	20.1	0.84	3.27	23.9	214.9	Starting to crack and get eaten by birds.
Alden	8/2/05	11.7	1.17	3.11	10.0	113.2		Alden
	8/10/05	14.3	0.71	3.36	20.1	161.4	Nice spicy muscat flavor. Good market grape.
Kay Gray	8/2/05	12.5						Kay Gray
	8/10/05	16.3	0.91	3.14	17.9	160.7
	8/16/05	18.3	0.72	3.51	25.4	225.5	VERY bizarre aroma of grass and gooseberries, but nice fruit.
Oberlin 595	8/2/05	17.0	2.18	3.00	7.8	153.0		Oberlin 595	1	2	3	4	5
	8/10/05	20.2	1.53	3.20	13.2	206.8
	8/16/05	20.0	1.65	3.28	12.1	215.2
	8/20/05	19.0	1.71	3.26	11.1	201.9
	8/22/05	19.7	1.50	3.27	13.1	210.7
	8/29/05	19.5	1.20	3.48	16.3	236.2	Probably could hang longer as birds only started to work it. Good bell pepper aroma and inky dark. Beautiful, 10" long, narrow, cylindrical clusters with a small shoulder. Pretty foliage, too. Great disease/insect resistance. Picked based on pH.
Canadice	8/2/05	14.0						Canadice
	8/10/05	16.2	0.69	3.18	23.5	163.8	A favorite at the market. Delicious, spicy, sweet, and pink!
Edelweiss	8/2/05	14.5	1.01	3.09	14.4	138.4		Edelweiss	1	2	3	4
	8/10/05	15.3	0.78	3.31	19.6	167.6
	8/12/05	13.9	0.72	3.28	19.3	149.5	Cracked at low Brix after rain and European hornets descended. Made nice wine, though, with foxy hints and fruity.
Vanessa	8/10/05	17.0	0.62	3.18	27.4	171.9	Only made a few straggly clusters. Nice, firm, sweet fruit demands further trial. Lost leaves early from Downy Mildew.	Vanessa	1
Tony's #1 (Lakemont)	8/10/05	15.9	0.81	2.81	19.6	125.5	A black rot and downy mildew magnet. Fruit stayed intact for market - tasty.	Tony's #1 (Lakemont)
Delaware	8/10/05	17.2	1.23	3.10	14.0	165.3		Delaware	1	2	3
	8/20/05	18.5	0.75	3.29	24.7	200.2
	8/27/05	21.1	0.53	3.36	39.8	238.2	Only a few bunches this year, but the numbers promise great things to come!
Lucy Kuhlmann	8/11/05	20.3	1.42	3.12	14.3	197.6	The three clusters were abused by the birds. May have to be pulled with the Millot and Joffre.	Lucy Kuhlmann
Marechal Foch	8/12/05	19.2	1.23	3.24	15.6	201.6		Marechal Foch	1
	8/16/05	19.1	0.91	3.43	21.0	224.7	Started to crack, but generally not too badly hit by birds. May do better in drier years.
Leon Millot	8/12/05	19.2	1.35	3.22	14.2	199.1		Leon Millot
	8/18/05	17.7	1.11	3.41	15.9	205.8
	8/21/05	18.8	1.14	3.29	16.5	203.5	A terrible grape here that cracks badly, birds love, and European hornets devour. Doubt it will ever ripen here because of these problems.
Tony's #4 (Romulus)	8/12/05	14.7	1.00	2.85	14.7	119.4		Tony's #4 (Romulus)	1	2
	9/3/05	18.3	0.63	3.26	29.0	194.5	Another black rot and downy mildew magnet. Fruit stayed intact for market but was bronzy.
Seyval Blanc	8/12/05	18.0	1.45	3.02	12.4	164.2		Seyval Blanc	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	8/20/05	17.9	0.96	3.17	18.6	179.9
	8/22/05	18.7	0.90	3.21	20.8	192.7
	8/28/05	18.9	0.87	3.42	21.7	221.1	Beautiful, huge, intact clusters of golden yellow fruit. Picked on pH but it would have hung longer. One over-cropped vine developed bad anthracnose, but generally pretty tough on the fungus front.
Mars seedless	8/12/05	15.5	0.82	3.16	18.9	154.8	A favorite at the market with subtle Welchiness and few seed remnants.	Mars seedless	1	2
Ravat 34	8/12/05	12.8	0.90	3.26	14.2	136.0		Ravat 34	1	2	3	4
	8/20/05	17.3	1.05	3.38	16.5	197.6	Only a few clusters this year that were harvested early with the Millot and Totmur. Lovely big clusters of translucent gold-pink berries.
MN1095	8/17/05	23.0	1.65	2.99	13.9	205.6	Only a few clusters this year that were harvested early with the Millot and Totmur. Looks to hang well.	MN1095
Suffolk Red	8/18/05	17.5	0.58	3.06	30.2	163.9		Suffolk Red
	8/27/05	17.8	0.48	3.24	37.1	186.9
	9/3/05	18.1	0.51	3.37	35.5	205.6	Somewhat straggly fruit set but low acid and sweet with great pH. Very tasty.
Marquis	8/18/05	14.9	0.57	3.19	26.1	151.6		Marquis
	8/27/05	15.8	0.39	3.41	40.5	183.7
	9/3/05	16.8	0.40	3.50	42.0	205.8	A somewhat black rot and downy susceptible vine, but beautiful big yellow berries with very low acid.
Jupiter	8/18/05	18.9	0.48	3.29	39.4	204.6		Jupiter
	8/22/05	19.0	0.45	3.50	42.2	232.8	A fantastic muscat flavor and very sweet. Skins somewhat tannic. Delicious.
Totmur	8/18/05	21.3	1.73	3.31	12.3	233.4		Totmur	1	2	3
	8/21/05	19.8	1.68	3.25	11.8	209.1	Sour is the word here. Nice big bronzy clusters, but the acid won't drop.
Golden Muscat	8/20/05	15.0	0.74	3.01	20.3	135.9		Golden Muscat	1	2	3	4
	8/29/05	17.2	0.60	3.32	28.7	189.6	Very nice muscat early turns to heavy foxiness late. Nice big berries and clusters.
Fredonia	8/20/05	13.3	0.82	3.11	16.2	128.6		Fredonia	1	2	3
	8/27/05	13.0	0.87	3.15	14.9	129.0	Sold all in one sale at market. Nice Concord-like flavor, big berries.
Steuben	8/20/05	14.8	0.50	3.32	29.9	163.1	Steuben mislabeled as Sheridan by AA Vineyards.	Steuben	1
GR-7 (Rubiana)	8/20/05	14.0	1.34	3.39	10.4	160.9		GR-7 (SBCG)
	9/2/05	16.0	1.13	3.51	14.2	197.1
	9/16/05	18.4	0.81	3.88	22.7	277.0	Oh my! You'd better grow this one somewhere else! Check out the acid-pH balance!
Al Weed's oblong (Pierelle)	8/22/05	14.3	1.20	3.10	11.9	137.4		Al Weed's oblong (Pierelle)	1	2
	8/27/05	14.6	0.81	3.27	18.0	156.1
	8/29/05	15.7	1.05	3.27	15.0	167.9	Mild muscatiness with oblong fruit. Powdery mildew on fruit early caused some trouble. Should hang longer.
Rosette	8/22/05	17.9	0.90	3.29	19.9	193.8		Rosette	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	8/29/05	17.8	0.90	3.31	19.8	195.0
	9/2/05	20.4	0.68	3.45	30.0	242.8	Did what a rose' grape should without bird problems. Made wine 'off the vine!'
Baco Noir	8/22/05	18.8	1.20	3.21	15.7	193.7		Baco Noir
	8/29/05	17.5	1.20	3.16	14.6	174.7	Birds trashed this one. Only enough fruit left for the final analysis. They picked the ripe berries off!
Esprit	8/22/05	15.6	1.15	3.13	13.6	152.8		Esprit	1	2
	8/27/05	17.4	0.95	3.25	18.3	183.8
	8/29/05	16.7	1.05	3.36	15.9	188.5	A real grower as upright as a corn plant. Fruit shows Edelweiss X Villard Blanc parentage. Picked on pH.
DeChaunac	8/22/05	19.3	1.00	3.19	19.3	196.4		DeChaunac
	8/29/05	19.8	0.83	3.25	23.9	209.1	Hanging well with minimal bird action while neighboring Baco Noir was beat. Should hang for better ripeness.
Chancellor	8/22/05	18.0	1.06	3.17	17.0	180.9		Chancellor	1
	9/6/05	19.7	0.96	3.36	20.5	222.4
	9/9/05	19.4	0.87	3.37	22.3	220.3	Birds pecked and European hornets followed. About 1/2 gone at harvest. Nice flavor/aroma in what was left.
Traminette	8/27/05	16.7	1.00	3.02	16.7	152.3		Traminette	1	2	3
	9/6/05	18.6	0.90	3.09	20.7	177.6
	9/9/05	17.5	0.88	3.24	19.9	183.7	Bronzing and berry dehydration led to harvest. A nice bottle of wine resulted.
Chardonel	8/27/05	20.0	1.00	3.02	20.0	182.4		Chardonel	1	2
	9/6/05	21.4	1.00	3.23	21.4	223.3
	9/9/05	22.0	0.75	3.40	29.3	254.3	Superb! I'd take a vineyard of this one. Fruit hung well, vines very disease tolerant, balanced growth. A breeding triumph.
Cayuga	8/27/05	17.7	0.75	3.52	23.6	219.3		Cayuga	1	2	3
	8/29/05	18.1	0.84	3.50	21.5	221.7	The pH was going up fast! Nice, clean, big berries and clusters. Sloppy in the press, but nice flavor.
Vivant	8/27/05	18.6	0.96	3.17	19.4	186.9		Vivant	1	2
	9/6/05	20.2	0.87	3.18	23.2	204.3
	9/9/05	22.5	0.84	3.29	26.8	243.5	Like Chardonel, a fine vine. Fruit bronzed but hung well and had a heavenly fruity aroma. Can't wait for the wine!
Buffalo	8/27/05	17.3	0.71	3.31	24.5	189.5		Buffalo
	8/29/05	17.2	0.63	3.35	27.3	193.0	Chemistry blew me away. Waited for Welchiness that never came - only neutral wine grape aromas developed. Vine got some downy, but good, tough fruit of surprisingly good balance and flavor.
St. Vincent	8/29/05	14.4	1.36	3.00	10.6	129.6	Harvested the few bunches way too early. Should hang on well for much better ripeness.	St. Vincent
NY Muscat	8/29/05	18.0	0.54	3.42	33.3	210.5	Ooooh muscat! What an aroma and flavor with low acid to make it taste SWEET! A great grape and a tough vine.	NY Muscat	1
Elvira	8/29/05	14.6	1.24	3.29	11.8	158.0	Cracked like no other grape in the vineyard >80% of fruit blew overnight. European hornet fest followed by salvage harvest.	Elvira	1
Chambourcin	9/3/05	15.9	1.05	3.24	15.1	166.9		Chambourcin	1	2	3	4	5	6
	9/6/05	16.7	1.28	3.25	13.0	176.4
	9/14/05	18.5	0.91	3.36	20.3	208.9
	9/16/05	18.2	0.84	3.43	21.7	214.1
	9/17/05	19.4	0.84	3.45	23.1	230.9
	9/20/05	19.4	0.82	3.46	23.7	232.2	Hung through six week drought and started to shell so I harvested. Beautiful color and aroma. Well-behaved vines. Superb!
Venus	9/3/05	17.0	0.54	3.46	31.5	203.5	Much like Mars but a bit later. A nice market grape and healthy vine.	Venus
Steuben	9/3/05	16.3	0.57	3.33	28.6	180.7		Steuben	1
	9/14/05	18.4	0.46	3.36	40.0	207.7
	9/16/05	18.3	0.42	3.44	43.6	216.6	Mmmmm, Steuben. This should be grown instead of Concord. A far superior muscatty flavor and great vine. Excellent on all counts!
Villard Blanc	9/3/05	17.4	0.99	3.12	17.6	169.4		Villard Blanc	1	2	3	4	5	6
	9/6/05	17.4	1.06	3.11	16.4	168.3
	9/14/05	19.8	0.87	3.20	22.8	202.8
	9/17/05	20.6	0.87	3.25	23.7	217.6
	9/20/05	21.2	0.92	3.32	23.0	233.7	Good, consistent cropper of solid fruit that takes the rain. Some European hornet action, but vines are healthy and well-balanced. Clusters huge, big berries, and neutral flavor/aroma.
Tony's #5 (Himrod)	9/3/05	16.3	0.54	3.45	30.2	194.0	Gigantic clusters of elongate berries going from green to light yellow. Susceptible to everything, but sells like crazy at the market.	Tony's #5 (Himrod)	1	2
CaCo	9/3/05	16.5	0.33	3.51	50.0	203.3		CaCo
	9/16/05	16.7	0.35	3.72	47.7	231.1	Delicious! Big, red berries on small, compact clusters. Very sweet due to the low acidity. Harvest on pH. Lovely wine-like flavor and only somewhat Welchy, much less than Concord and Catawba.
Melody	9/6/05	17.2	1.17	3.27	14.7	183.9	Picked the 2 clusters for testing. Downy susceptible, needs further trial.	Melody
Catawba	9/6/05	16.4	0.96	3.05	17.1	152.6		Catawba	1	2
	9/14/05	16.4	0.66	3.15	24.8	162.7
	9/16/05	17.1	0.58	3.13	29.5	167.5	Should hang longer. Some shot berries, uneven ripening, may be due to young vines.
Villard Noir	9/6/05	18.0	0.98	3.31	18.4	197.2		Villard Noir	1	2
	9/14/05	19.0	0.82	3.39	23.2	218.3
	9/16/05	18.7	0.78	3.44	24.0	221.3	Nice red wine grape. Hangs tough, well-balanced & upright vines. A keeper.
Vidal Blanc	9/6/05	18.6	0.81	3.38				Vidal Blanc	1	2	3	4	5
	9/9/05	19.0	0.84	3.40	22.6	219.6	Picked based on pH. Beautiful, long, yellow clusters. Berries tough and untouched by birds and hornets. Vines downy mildew prone, but fruit is excellent.
Concord	9/6/05	14.0	0.45	3.45	31.1	166.6	Ye old stinky labruscana! Smells like a wild fox grape in the vineyard. Defines “Welchy” and is sweet at first followed by sour pulp and skin. Flavor is coarse compared to other labrusca hybrids. Fruit had some green berries, but hangs tough and vines are very vigorous and healthy. Sold all at market in one morning. If they only knew what they COULD have instead.	Concord	1
Vincent	9/6/05	15.0	1.08	3.36	13.9	169.3		Vincent	1	2
	9/9/05	15.1	0.99	3.34	15.3	168.4
	9/14/05	14.3	0.93	3.41	15.4	166.3
	9/16/05	14.0	0.78	3.34	17.9	156.2	Brix fell(!) through ripening, but color became VERY dark. Fruit hung pretty well with only minor bird/hornet damage. Vines healthy, upright and easy to manage. A good teinturier grape.
Wiggins Spring labrusca seedling	9/6/05	12.5	1.20	3.23	10.4	130.4	Berries shell slightly at ripeness, tough skin, very foxy/musky, small clusters of 1/2-3/4" berries (black), vine very healthy and vigorous. Low acid for a purely wild vine.	Wiggins Spring labrusca seedling
Rougeon	9/6/05	14.5	1.18	3.14	12.3	143.0		Rougeon	1
	9/17/05	16.2	0.84	3.23	19.3	169.0
	9/20/05	16.6	0.78	3.25	21.3	175.3	Beautiful rupestris X vinifera foliage on vine. Fruit black in small clusters that were moderately abused by the birds and hornets. Close enough in ripening to Chambourcin to be a good blender with it for even more color. Good neutral fruit, vines pretty healthy.
Colobel	9/6/05	15.5	2.06	3.05	7.5	144.2		Colobel	1
	9/14/05	17.4	1.77	3.09	9.8	166.1
	10/2/05	18.2	1.30	3.53	14.0	226.8	High acid & pH, but inky color and late. Sun exposed fruit desiccated while hidden fruit stayed in good condition. Good enough for a coloring grape if needed late in season.