Pressing syrah

The brix on the syrah was down to 10 on 10-14 (from 25 on 10-3), so we pressed. It was a Friday evening, after a week of work for all of us--we seemed to have more brain farts than on a weekend day, guess that is just one of the hazards. Had the full complement of the workers--(Z squared) x2 plus the Colonel and Bitsy--which of course is a mix of brain, brawn and beauty. Got the syrah done in three pressings.
It was beautifully colored, and definitely less sweet than on Sunday. The press resulted in almost 35 gallons, and that was divided into 3 6-gallon carboys, 3 5-gallon carboys, and a 1 3-gallon carboy.

After the work, and cleanup, had a comforting bowl of clam chowder (http://gregl.net/chowder/)
and a 1999 Cayuse Syrah from Walla Walla. As the colonel would say, "Don't get no better than this."