Eno Wines Photos > Harvest 2006- Crushing Fairview Road Ranch Pinot Noir

Harvest 2006- Crushing Fairview Road Ranch Pinot Noir

38 photos (view as slideshow)

The Eno Crew crushed and destemmed 3 tons of Santa Lucia Pinot Noir from Fairview Road Ranch. Photos taken by Jeff Flueger- Copyright 2006

  1. We've got Power!
  2. Ken Zinns and Frank Marcoux sorting carefully
  3. Anders wears earplugs when crushing
  4. The Eno Crew
  5. Sasha assessing the quality of the Pinot Noir grapes
  6. Nettie, focused
  7. Each bin is handsorted before going into the crusher/destemmer
  8. Each bin is handsorted before going into the crusher/destemmer
  9. Another round of hand sorting
  10. The Entire Crew helping out at the crusher
  11. Grapes that have (botrytis) mold are bad!
  12. Removing any stems or "jacks"
  13. Nettie and Shala, focused
  14. Focused on removing any stems
  15. Nettie, determined
  16. Nettie, in bliss
  17. Nettie and Shala, in bliss
  18. Shala and Nettie getting their hands dirty
  19. Aren't grapes the sweetest?
  20. Anders pressing down the stems for the compost
  21. After crushing/destemming, need to bucket to fermentation vessel
  22. Nathan Arnold (Truffle Pig Wines) and Sasha (Eno Wines) dumping in the must
  23. Nathan Arnold (Truffle Pig Wines) and Sasha (Eno Wines) dumping in the must
  24. Nathan Arnold (Truffle Pig Wines), delighted
  25. Anders dumping in must
  26. Dumping in the crushed grapes into the 1.5 ton bin
  27. Dumping continues
  28. More dumping
  29. The stainless steel tank doesn't fit under the crusher so bucketing is necessary
  30. Adding 10% S02 to stun the natural yeast for cold soak
  31. Dry ices can bring down the temperature 5-10 degrees
  32. Cooling down the temperature with dry ice
  33. Mixing up the brew
  34. Nettie mixing the dry ice in the must
  35. Jeff Pflueger dumping in must
  36. Stainless steel bin filled to the rim with Santa Lucia Pinot Noir
  37. Shala, happy

Photos hosted by Flickr