On Sep 4, 1:48?pm, Mike Tommasi > wrote:
> Tire Bouchon wrote:
> > On Sep 4, 12:00 pm, Ed Rasimus > wrote:
> >> The Geyserville discussion of blend percentages led me to suddenly
> >> realize that I didn't know what I didn't know!
>
> >> We're accustomed to seeing percentage of varietals in blended wines.
> >> My question is "percent of what?"
>
> >> Is this a percentage based on weight of grapes, volume of grapes,
> >> liquid measure of pressing, mixing of vinified pure varietal, or what?
>
> >> Does "field blend" denote a difference from some other type of blend
> >> of varietals?
>
> >> Ed Rasimus
> >> Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
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>
> > A field blend is just that, a field of grapes of different varieties
> > picked at once and vinified together, as opposed to, for example,
> > winemaking in Bordeaux where one vineyard is composed of merlot, one
> > of cabernet sauvignon, one of petit verdot, etc., vinified apart and
> > then blended into the final Grand Vin.
>
> What you describe as a field blend may have been common practice long
> ago, I am not aware of anyone doing this today.
>
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> Mike Tommasi - Six Fours, France
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It is pretty common in CA, especially in old Zin dominated vineyards.
Besides Geyserville, there are several other vineyards that are
interplanted. Thackeray's Orion is one.
I think there are some in the Rhone, too.