<div dir="auto">We are seeing this across the board in all of our fruit this year. Sugars are way ahead of acids this vintage. </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 5:58 PM David Page <<a href="mailto:david@lahondawinery.com">david@lahondawinery.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr">Hi Ken,<div><br></div><div>Depending on location, it was peculiarly cool for a few weeks post veraison so acids were behind, but the recent heat means sugars have escalated quickly, more quickly than the pH. <div><div>If the heat keeps up for the next few days and also crucially for the next few nights, then expect pH to rise more quickly and for the skins/seeds to progress too.</div><div><br></div><div>Best, David</div><div><br><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed;width:468pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><colgroup style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><col width="208" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><col width="204" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><col style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></colgroup><tbody style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><tr style="height:0pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><td style="border:1pt solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">David Page</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.lahondawinery.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">lahondawinery.com</font></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://postandtrellis.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">postandtrellis.com</font></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://merrypranksterswine.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">merrypranksterswine.com</font></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">cell 415 202 4428, winery 650 366 4104</font></span></p></td><td style="border:1pt solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://lahondawinery.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:181px;height:72px;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/SFOB2fCH459C3A4wk2W_bTscG0oDSHnfpMZsZrzl-FOpT_6m531_kSbH0fkKGVWGTKGShXx0MEU2xJo6T6I0R7EIaud11AMfJSqd_GZkJTL5V7hf6UdFLxLXpyw93N4d1guxtn_cNrE5eRHNLg" width="181" height="72" style="margin-left: 0px; 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<br>
I have something unusual going on. Our Chardonnay appears to have ripened quickly and it is at 23 Brix now but the pH is very low for this Brix - about 3.1. My normal issue is pH too high when the Brix is around this level. Seeds are still mostly green so I don’t believe that the grapes are ripe. There is no sign of dehydration and I watered (5 gal/vine) just before this heat wave hit. I normally harvest about a month from now.<br>
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Anybody with an idea of what is happening?<br>
<br>
Thanks for your input.<br>
<br>
Ken Challenger<br>
Iron Rose Vineyards <br>
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