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| 2007 Vintage |
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Weather conditions at blossomtime and fruit set were dry and cold. Late frosts and recovery from the heavy cropping in 2006 badly affected perry pears and it was an ‘off year’, especially for the Blakeney Red – a variety which we depend on for volume of fruit and yields several tonnes in a normal year produced less than half a tonne!
The weather broke at the end of May and the warm wet summer produced high volumes of cider fruit with lower than average sugar content.
By harvest time in late September and through October to early November the weather was kind with warm sunny days, dry cold nights and several harsh frosts – perfect for cider and perry making because picking up clean fruit was easy work, and temperature control in the fermentation shed to keep it below 12 degrees centigrade was no problem.
Fruit sugar levels were below average, other than one pressing of Kingston Black which had an original gravity of 10.70. There were good crops of Brandy and Butt perry pears, and cider apples were plentiful and of very good quality, especially, Browns Apple, Kingston Black, Chisel Jersey and Dabinett. Our 2007 production was 3790 litres (30% down on 2006), of which there are 2560 litres of cider and 1230 litres of perry (60% down on 2006).
Once again it was a very social vintage with more than 20 friends and family helping with all aspects of the cider and perry making process.
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| Varieties | Cider/Perry | Pressed | OG | Gallons | Litres |
| Thorn | Perry | 23.09.07 | 1052 | 45 | 210 |
| Gregg's Pit, Aylton Red & Blakeney | Perry | 30.09.07 | 1057 | 65 | 300 |
| Browns Apple & Ellis Bitter | Cider | 12.10.07 | 1050 | 65 | 300 |
| Brandy (Normandy Method) | Perry | 13.10.07 | 1045 | 65 | 300 |
| Kingston Black | Cider | 20&29.10.07 | 1062 | 250 | 1135 |
| Butt & Oldfield | Perry | 29.10.07 | 1065 | 90 | 420 |
| Brown Snout, Chisel Jersey & Dabinett (Normandy Method) | Cider | 03&04.11.07 | 1057 | 130 | 580 |
| Brown Snout, Chisel Jersey & Dabinett | Cider | 03&04.11.07 | 1057 | 130 | 580 |
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