Chapter Seventy-Nine: Winemaking
The morning sun is shining, and the scene of the harvest is a joy.
Chen Mo is a person who likes to be comfortable, the business of the manor is very simple, he signed a contract with the winemaker early in the morning, and even the winemaker himself brought someone to pick it by himself, or picked it by machinery. Living a life without shame, irritability and anxiety with his beloved is Chen Mo's dream.
Coming out of the vineyard and on the way back, thinking of Ye Xiaoxi, Chen Mo showed a happy smile.
Back at the top of the mountain, Ye Xiaoxi took a shower and sat in the living room watching TV, and when he saw Chen Mo coming back, he hurriedly turned off the TV: "I have to go back, there are many jobs waiting for me in the flower shop." ”
"Okay. Chen Mo got out of the car and went into the house to get two bottles of mineral water: "Let's pick some grapes and bring them to Laixi." ”
"Well, thank you. Ye Xiaoxi said happily.
After picking the grapes, Chen Mo drove a pickup truck and sent Ye Xiaoxi back to Berkeley.
After getting along for a short time, the two have sweetness and trouble. The main reason is that Ye Xiaoxi didn't think that Chen Mo was super rich, and he felt a little awkward.
Lacey in the flower shop was pruning the flower branches, and when she saw Ye Xiaoxi coming back, she hurriedly got up, hugged her, and sniffed at her: "I thought you couldn't extricate yourself from the gentle township, and you had to come back tomorrow." ”
"What. Ye Xiaoxi asked with a blushing face.
"I smell men. Lacey licked her tongue and made an orgasmic expression: "Are you **?"
"Nasty. Ye Xiaoxi pushed Lacey away: "No." ”
"I think Chen Mo's body is great, it should be a normal man......"
Ye Xiaoxi blushed and took a sip: "It's not only normal, but also very sexy." ”
"Oh hehe, there's a story, tell me about it, you ......"
Lai Xi didn't finish his words, Chen Mo, who walked in behind, coughed twice after hearing it, and picked up the grapes: "I planted the grapes myself, taste the taste." ”
"What a beautiful grape, what a variety. ”
"Red milk grapes. ”
Lacey tasted one, and her eyes lit up: "Very apt name." ”
Ye Xiaoxi rolled his eyes: "Yes, yes, it's very similar to your **." ”
Lacey was not ashamed either: "Uh-huh, the color of the pink girl." ”
Ye Xiaoxi immediately used his milk dragon claw hand and grabbed it. The two girls were playing unscrupulously, and Chen Mo's eyes were hot, and he wanted to join in, so he said quietly: "I want it too." ”
Lacey immediately pushed Ye Xiaoxi to the front: "Here, you're welcome." ”
"You're going to die. Ye Xiaoxi hurriedly hugged his chest: "Don't make trouble, hurry up and help me work." ”
Chen Mo stayed behind to help with the work, and went back to Napa in the afternoon.
"You guys last night?" asked as soon as Chen Mo left, Lacey slapped his palms.
"No, we sleep in separate rooms. And we've only known each other for a few days...... How is it possible to share a bed. Ye Xiaoxi blushed and remembered what happened in the morning, and said with some distress: "By the way, Chen Mo is also a rich man, super rich." You know I don't like rich people. ”
"Pretentious, made. There is nothing wrong with having money, you can live the life you like, buy brand-name bags and clothes, how many people envy you...... God, marrying a rich man is my ultimate dream. Lacey then said depressedly, "I really don't understand you." ”
"I yearn for romantic love. ”
Lacey rolled her eyes......
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Today, nine wineries came to the estate to harvest grapes, for a total of 79 tons.
Depending on the vineyard, the grapes are sold differently, the most expensive is $9,320 per ton, the cheapest is $6,855, and the average price per ton is $8,569, 79 tons, for a total of $677,000.
Some wineries take away the grapes and weigh them on the spot, while others wait until the grapes are harvested to make a lump sum payment.
Inheriting the manor until now, he finally has an income. In the evening, Chen Mo went to Luo Chen Winery and pulled four 225L oak barrels back, three new barrels and four old barrels. Then find a few people who know how to make wine, and go to the valley overnight to pick grapes.
The vineyard next to Master Duanmuqing's wooden house, about 300 square meters, is picked and mashed, and then put into old oak barrels for natural fermentation.
Chen Mo doesn't know much about wine, and personally, he prefers wines with rich taste and flavor. Cabernet Sauvignon that is not overripe results in a wine with a clearer flavour and higher acidity. I'm going to blend it with that Cabernet Sauvignon in Mount Alat......
The 300 square meters of grapes were mashed and packed into oak barrels, just four full barrels (not full), and placed in the garage of the hilltop villa.
Garage wine, the origin of Napa worship wine.
After sending the workers away, Chen Mo poured Yuan Ling into the barrel, brewed his own wine, and drank it himself, which should not hurt.
When I woke up the next morning, I found a layer of white fungus floating on the surface of the barrel and bubbles, which are the yeast carried by the grapes themselves, and the bubbles are carbon dioxide during the fermentation process.
Chen Mo stirred them one by one, smelling the smell, there was a faint smell of alcohol.
In general, fermentation does not begin until the next day after barreling. It started fermenting last night, the reason for adding the source spirit?
The four barrels of wine stopped fermentation on the fourth day, and the evidence of the cessation of fermentation was the crest of bubbles in the barrels.
Yeast consumes sugars to produce alcohol, which also releases carbon dioxide. When making wine, as long as the bubbles are still produced, it is not completely fermented. There are no bubbles, and the wine is fermented.
Also look at the precipitation. At the beginning of wine fermentation, the skins are generally in the upper layer, and the skins begin to settle after fermentation.
In four oak barrels, the total total sign that the surface has been fully fermented. The wine is bright red in color and clear and translucent...... It smells of alcohol, sour and astringent, but has a refreshing smell.
"Should it be about the same?" Chen Mo found a wine glass and observed the color of the wine.
The natural yeast carried by the peel fermented naturally, and it only took four days, Chen Mo was not sure that this time was abnormal, so he didn't ask someone to come over to help, and filtered it himself and put it into a new barrel, only two and a half barrels. The initial vinification of the wine is considered complete, and the second step is to wait for the vineyards of the source spirit to fully ripen in the Arat Mountains......
Lying flat on the oak barrel and lying on the ground, Chen Mo stretched out his arms, picked up the Lamborghini car keys and was about to go out, when there was a roar of the supercar engine outside.
Leaving the garage, the roar of the engine outside the door became clearer, and the sound was the child of the wind, who opened the door with the remote control.
Sure enough, it was the Son of the Wind, and Stephen got out of the car with a sad face: "Oh God, you are such a loser. ”
"Watt?" Chen Mo rolled his eyes: "Old guy, you took the wrong medicine." ”
"Mr. Duanmu's carefully cultivated grapes, how did you pick them all. At this time, the Cabernet Sauvignon grapes should not be fully ripe...... I reached out to the Chief Winemaker Advisor at Durkhorn Winery, who made the wine himself. Stephen was heartbroken and smacked him in the heart.
This guy is a big drinker.
Chen Mo didn't know how to explain, so he scratched his hair: "How is the wine made by my master?"
Stephen was stunned for a moment: "Top, unique...... It is a wine with an independent flavor. I couldn't even resist drinking it...... "A unique flavor requires a unique process and unique raw materials, all of which are indispensable. There are still about 300 bottles of wine left behind by Duanmu Qing, and if you drink one bottle, you will lose one bottle.
"I will do the same skills. I won't spoil that grape ......," Chen Mo said, handing Stephen a cigar: "You won't be back until next weekend, what about Elson?"
"Elson is back too, with Jeff and them. It's not fun to go out with the old bastard, the guy talks about work all day...... I heard you're in love?" said Stephen and looked at the car behind Chen Mo, and found that there was no one in the passenger seat, and the roe head rat looked left and right.