1.6 tons of Turner today

We got 1.6 tons of fruit from Turner, our first fruit from the Sta. Rita Hills (map). Brian Turner's vineyard is a 21-acre vineyard off Highway 246 in the north part of the appellation.

The fruit was picked late yesterday morning and delivered late this morning. The truck was late in picking up the fruit so it got warm. Also the truck was supposed to be cooled to 40 degrees F, but was only at 45. The warmest fruit was the 777 clone which measured 79 degrees F in the center of the picking bin -- not good. We discarded the juice in that bin (about 5 gallons) which tasted a little pruney. We kept the rest of the juice. We also had about 3/4-ton of 667 and 1/2-ton of 114. Each clone was put in separate fermenters. Also, we did not destem about 1/4 of the 667.

It should be very interesting to see how this fruit turns out!