It's almost 2009
Fall has been a great season at Herons' House. We have just over
90 gallons (450 bottles) of Brunello wine resting in French oak barrels from
this years harvest. Having finished fermentation and
Malolactic fermentation, the wine is now beginning to unveil itself to us.
Although still just a few months old, it is sampling great.
A year on oak and a year in the bottle will mature the wine nicely.
Fall colors at the home are incredible. Here in San Diego, the joke is
we have two seasons, spring and summer. With a vineyard and native
plants, you experience all four seasons. It's soothing on a soul and
much preferable to the "always green" of queen palms and lawns that dominate
So-Cal landscaping.
Happy New year!
