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[Page 4] 1845 March 18th Commenced gathering the damaged grapes of the Gouais amongst which there are many rotting pecorino to complete maturity from various causes but chiefly through the "sour worm" which has been unusually prevalent. The crop is very large. March 22nd Finished gathering the damaged "gouais". The entire quantity of wine made from them being about 1500 gallons of which 930 were fermented in the small vats No 4 and the residue in casks sp. giro of most uncertain but apparently about 1072 to 1076. Small vat received at 4 different times 1244 good clean soft sugar supposed to have been sufft to bring the gravity up to about 1110º The six casks received at four various times. The following quantities of sugar right No 1 - - - 125 Supposed to raise it to 1109º 2 118 - - - - - - 1107º 3 - - 119 - - - - - - 1109º 4 106 1104º 5 30 6 34
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[Page 5] The foregoing wine all fermented very gently the weather during the week having been an unusually cold rain cold on the 21st & 22nd The Vat No 4 have racked off into casks on Tuesday 1st April. The gentle fermentation being barely sensible. The three casks No 4 5 & 6 were about the same time racked off into six Hogsheads. The other three Nos 1, 2 & 3 being continued on their less. The whole is highly vinous and promised to become a sound strong common wine it has on this day (4th April) no perceptible sweetness remaining. Mem. The lus of the vat were owing to an oversight not repeatedly stirred up whilst the contents were being drawn off and as a consequence about 3 inches in thickness remained in the bottom of too thick a consistence to be run off.
