2006 Chateau Z Vineyard ‘Virtual Vineyard’

Variety	Date	Brix (ref.)	TA (%)	pH	Notes	Variety	P	H	O	T	O	S
Edelweiss	8/4/06	15.0	0.81	3.22	Once again, big clusters of big berries. Started to	Edelweiss	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	8/11/06	15.6	0.63	3.42	crack on rain after dry spell. Skins thin and delicate, European		10	11	12
	8/13/06	16.1	0.57	3.50	hornets able to cut skins themselves. Too early, last year here.
MN1095	8/4/06	20.6	2.06	2.98	Quickly becoming a favorite female, Well-formed clusters when	MN1095	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	8/11/06	21.5	1.76	3.07	well pollinated. Fruit tart with high solids and fine, neutral aroma.
	8/22/06	24.1	1.29	3.18	Will hang long and ripen fully in VA, but needs an early pollinator
	8/31/06	24.6	1.29	3.24	nearby for good fruit set.
Vanessa	8/4/06	17.0	0.72	3.09	Vines tend toward low vigor but are getting stronger. Red fruit is	Vanessa	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	8/13/06	19.0	0.46	3.32	very sweet and crispy. Delicious neutral fruitiness and low
	8/18/06	18.0	0.36	3.45	acidity. A good pollen donor for wild vines.
Aurore	8/4/06	16.6	0.99	3.18	Just like described in a million places. Very pretty and early.	Aurore	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	8/11/06	15.3	0.93	3.18	Fruit is fairly tender with minor cracking on rain after drought.
	8/13/06	16.5	0.78	3.26	Too early and low solids for my uses, but a decent vine and good pollen donor.
Oberlin 595	8/4/06	18.4	2.19	2.99	Once again, one of my favorite reds. Long, cylindrical clusters	Oberlin 595	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	8/11/06	20.1	1.70	3.05	ripen early-midseason and obtain high solids. Acidity is high		11	12	13
	8/13/06	20.3	1.47	3.06	but is easily reduced with MLF. Dark red wine has a nice
	8/18/06	21.7	1.47	3.12	peppery aroma and is nicely accented by oak. The vine is very
	8/22/06	23.0	1.35	3.13	tough and handles disease and insects well. Less abused by
	8/24/06	22.6	1.26	3.17	birds than Baco Noir.
	8/31/06	24.0	1.38	3.20
DeChaunac	8/4/06	16.0	1.59	2.88	A badly berated grape that deserves better. Large, long clusters	DeChaunac	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	8/11/06	17.3	1.32	2.93	of tough berries can hang and take it. Fine color and mild tannin		12	13	14	15	16
	8/13/06	17.0	0.99	3.02	probably needs blended with a more tannic grape or add tannin for mouth feel.
	8/18/06	18.2	1.09	2.99	Handles birds and bugs well and is not terribly disease prone.
	8/22/06	20.6	0.96	3.17	Given time to ripen, DeChaunac is a very good, dependable grape.
	8/31/06	21.0	0.96	3.21
Kay Gray	8/4/06	17.0	0.90	3.24	Strangely flavored like grassy gooseberries. Gets sweet but	Kay Gray	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	8/11/06	19.6	0.57	3.41	cracked a little upon rain after drought. Very disease resistant
	8/13/06	20.0	0.54	3.62	and nothing bothered the fruit.
Lucie Kuhlmann	8/4/06	18.1	1.62	2.97	Small berries, medium packed to loose clusters, birds love it.	Lucie Kuhlmann	1	2	3	4	5
	8/13/06	22.1	1.21	3.04	Doesn't seem to crack like Foch and Millot but is very early and
	8/18/06	22.0	1.08	3.14	much attacked by birds and bugs. Better luck next year.
Mars	8/4/06	17.2	1.02	3.02	Nicely flavored fruit of very mild labruscana flavor. Clusters about	Mars	1	2	3	4
	8/11/06	16.8	0.70	3.12	like Concord and essentially seedless. Very vigorous vine with		5	6	7	8
	8/18/06	17.1	0.63	3.07	big leaves. Does well at market.
Foch	8/11/06	20.0	1.17	3.21	Small, tight clusters. Starts to crack at ripeness. Birds are	Foch	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	8/18/06	20.7	0.90	3.29	moderately hard on it. Early for our area, but tasty since it gets fully ripe.
Baco Noir	8/11/06	19.7	1.77	3.04	Nicer than last year, but still beat up by the birds before it could	Baco Noir	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	8/22/06	21.7	1.28	3.18	hang to proper pH. Still, a tough vine and good cropper, and the
	8/31/06	22.1	1.26	3.25	wine comes out fine with the pH increase during skin soak and ML.
Seyval Blanc	8/11/06	16.8	1.24	2.86	What can you say? If it weren't for Seyval's major overcropping	Seyval Blanc	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	8/13/06	17.1	0.83	3.05	problem, we might have an ideal grape for the East given current
	8/18/06	19.4	0.96	3.00	pesticide usage. Beautiful, large, golden clusters hang well
	8/20/06	19.6	0.88	3.06	to the peak of ripeness. The aroma is of melons and papaya.
	8/27/06	21.6	0.90	3.21	Easy to vinify and as long as you keep it very cool in the primary
	8/31/06	22.9	0.75	3.32	the aromas are nicely retained. Needs lots of care early and in
	9/4/06	21.8	0.75	3.48	mid-summer (2nd-ary clusters) to make sure it doesn't overcrop.
Captivator	8/11/06	16.0	0.82	3.20	A beautiful fruit to behold and a treat to eat. Vine is somewhat	Captivator	1	2	3	4	5	6
	8/23/06	17.2	0.56	3.32	DM and phomopsis prone, but the fruit flavor is exquisite.
America	8/11/06	15.3	1.08	3.14	Now here's a funny flavored fruit! A blend of the Munson flavor	America	1	2	3	4	5	6
	8/22/06	17.2	1.08	3.14	with a labrusca. Not at all a standard flavor, but pleasant any-		7	8	9
	9/6/06	17.4	0.78	3.41	how. Like Munson, a tongue stainer it is so dark. Easy to grow
	9/11/06	17.6	0.48	3.50	and is fairly fruitful, so worth a try. Makes interesting jelly.
Lindley	8/11/06	15.2	0.82	3.01	Edward Rogers did us a BIG favor here. Female, stunningly	Lindley	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	8/23/06	18.4	0.42	3.25	flavored, large berried, and low acidity. Far more delicious than
	8/27/06	17.4	0.42	3.28	Concord and grows very well. You owe it to yourself to grow it.
Johnson ES2-4-7 X V.coigneteae	8/11/06	16.7	1.38	2.89	David Johnson's hybrid. Small clusters of small-medium black	Johnson ES2-4-7 X V.coigneteae	1	2	3
	8/24/06	20.0	1.08	3.09	berries. Fairly neutral, early and sweet. A good early breeder.
Chancellor	8/11/06	16.3	1.40	3.09	Oh if it could withstand the birds! A tasty red wine grape with	Chancellor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	8/24/06	18.8	0.91	3.28	great chemistry - if it gets ripe! The birds and hornets really go at
	9/6/06	20.0	0.82	3.40	it and it overcrops worse than Seyval. Pretty disease prone, too.
Buffalo	8/11/06	17.1	0.98	2.92	I love my Buffalo, that's all there is to it! It never gets foxy, only	Buffalo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	8/18/06	18.2	0.78	3.06	a sort of muscat aroma. It grows well, has big berries, and makes
	8/22/06	18.7	0.75	3.14	red wine off the vine. The wine is a nice, light, fruity red that has
	9/4/06	20.0	0.60	3.40	a good tannin kick. This is a much overlooked labruscana that
	9/6/06	20.0	0.52	3.35	makes nice red wine. It should be grown to blend with Norton.
Canadice	8/11/06	18.0	0.63	3.22	Early, red, sweet and sells like crazy at the market. It is a slow	Canadice	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	8/18/06	18.4	0.51	3.24	grower like Delaware, though, and is prone to spray injury.
Ravat 34	8/11/06	17.7	0.84	3.28	Grow this instead of Vignoles. Medium berries on medium, well-	Ravat 34	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	8/13/06	17.7	0.87	3.28	formed, open clusters. Hangs well, nice wine, early. Give it a try.
Jupiter	8/11/06	19.0	0.62	3.32	My “muscattiest” muscat. Lovely, long clusters of ellipsoidal blue-	Jupiter	1	2	3	4	5	6
	8/18/06	19.4	0.51	3.40	purple berries. Make muscatel off the vine with this one. It won't
	8/20/06	18.9	0.58	3.29	last to the press, though, because it tastes so good.
Suffolk Red	8/11/06	16.4	0.69	2.89	Suffolk Red is tempermental in VA, but it is a finely flavored, delicate	Suffolk Red	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	8/20/06	19.2	0.58	2.96	textured table grape worth working for. I also reaches high Brix and		8	9