Harvest Moon Estate · Russian River
Zinfandel
The test archive reveals a fifth 2023 wine: Harvest Moon Estate Zinfandel from the Russian River, fermented as three complementary yeast lots and kept traceable through press, stainless, barrel aging, malolactic completion, and later blend trials.
Wine highlights
01 / Progress
The wine,
step by step.
- Harvest82.5 gal projected
Harvest Moon Estate Zinfandel
The recovered workbook identifies Russian River estate fruit and records approximately 0.55 ton for the lot.
- FermentationThree lots
BDX, D254, and BM4X4
Three yeast paths were retained so fruit, structure, and mouthfeel could be evaluated separately later.
- PressTwo-day turn
Pressed, then first racked to stainless
The timeline records pressing on October 23 and the first stainless-steel racking two days later.
- ÉlevageBarrel aging
Racked into barrels
The separated lots moved from stainless into barrel while remaining available for later comparison.
- MLFConfirmed
Malolactic fermentation complete
Completion was recorded before the wine continued through topping, protection, and blending work.
- BlendBench trials
The combined direction wins
The tasting record preferred B1 to B2, preferred B1 and B2 together, and found another lift from a small older blend component.
02 / Tasting record · Cellar blending record
“The best direction came from keeping B1 and B2 in conversation.”
This record reinforces a recurring GAEA principle: separate lots create choices, and the final wine becomes clearer through comparative tasting rather than early consolidation.
Wine profile
- Method
- Three yeast expressions
- Élevage
- Stainless then barrel
- Blend direction
- B1 and B2 tested together
03 / Notes
What stays
in the record.
What the workbook recovered
The public archive originally had no standalone 2023 Zinfandel page. The cellar workbook supplies a source, harvest date, scale, three-lot fermentation plan, and a complete sequence through press, stainless, barrel, malolactic fermentation, and bench blending.
What remains open
The final bottle date and label are not explicit. They remain marked for confirmation rather than being inferred from copied template cells.