As of last Thursday, Clos LaChance's 2007 Harvest season is officially complete. Sort of.

We still have some late harvest fruit on the vines--Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc for a Sauternes style white and a little Zinfandel for a late harvest and a Zin port (our new dessert wines from last year will debut at the end of 2008).  But we are done picking the "main" stuff...good thing too since the rain started on Saturday. Stephen (CLC's winemaker), who is usually very reserved when it comes to the question of quality, actually had a fist pump going when discussing this years harvest. The Cab especially. Now we only have to wait for three years to try the finished product!

Also, the fermentations continue...we have a lot of juice (skins too) sitting in tank, turning into alcohol. Sure makes for a pretty picture.

Question for the day, what is your favorite dessert wine and why? And how much did you pay for it? (informal market research going on right here).