Volume 74 Item 04: Sir William Macarthur memoranda regarding vintages, 1845, 1846: No. 04

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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 ginosty[?] up to about 1110º 

The six casks received at four various times. The following quantities of sugar right