Chester Gap Cellars

‘Chester Gap Cellars’ – The vineyard produces an average of 18 tons of hanging grapes and 1,000 cases per year. The 1,300ft elevation and sloped topography is ideal for frost prevention; a common issue in Virginia.

Crop Details:

• 7 acres planted
• Vioginier – 2.1 acres
• Cuvee Manseng – 1 acres
• Cab Franc – 1.4 acres
• Merlot – .8 acres
• Petit Verdot – .55 acres
• Roussanne – .7 acres

Vineyard Equipment:

• New Holland 4430 4X4 Tractor with Alo Loader
• Holder 1000 1 tow behind sprayer with 2 radial fans
• Woods rotary mower 6ft
• Fertilizer Spreader 3pt hitch
• Kubota RTV 900
• 2 electric herbacide sprayers
• Solo motorized backpack fungicide sprayer with air blower
• Herbicide boom sprayer 3pt hitch
• 500 picking lugs
• 4 Remcon bins 1 ton with lids
• 2 Remcon bins 1/2 ton
• 11 T-bins 1 ton with lids
• Stick welder Lincoln
• Oxy-acetylen torch/ welder with tanks
• Tranist
• Stihl Chainsaw
• Stihl weed eater
• Stihl pole hedger
• Liftingboom
• Complete workshop with tools and extensive spare parts
• Flatbed trailer 18ft, double axle
• Gooseneck trailer 27.5ft plus 6ft gooseneck, double axle, enclosed with stainless steel floors. Previously used as bottling line trailer

Winemaking Equipment:

• Sorting table Vaucher Beguet
• Destemmer Amos A15
• Destemmer Euroselect
• Willmes Bladderpress all stainless steel 1000l
• Spadoni Kappa Plate and Frame filter 20pl. with separator plate
• 2 Membrane filter housings
• Hotsy Pressure washer with hot water heater
• Schneider Impeller pump 1000l
• Variable Frequency drive for Pump and Destemmer
• 5 ton Glycol Chiller 230V
• 3-phase Rotophase converter 5hp
• All necissary fittings, clamps, gaskets and fermentation locks for all tanks
• SS storage rack for fittings
• 3 Tapvalves 1.5″ for tacking tap fitting
• 23 butterfly valves 1.5″
• 4 butterfly valves 2″
• 1 ball valve 2″
• Schneider Mixer
• 2 tankheaters for tapvalve fitting
• 1 binheater
• Hanna turbidy tester
• pH meter
• Ebulliometer
• Tanks – 6 x 1270l Speidel with cooling jackets
• Tank – 1 x 2500l Speidel with cooling jackets
• Tank – 1 x 3200l Speidel with cooling jackets
• Tanks – 2 x 2000l Speidel with cooling jackets
• Tank – 1 x 1300l Speidel
• Tank – 1 x 1000l Speidel
• Tank – 1 x 1000l Rieger VCT or solid Top, electro polished with cooling jackets
• Tanks – 4 x 675l VCT Speidel
• Tanks – 4 x 300l VCT Speidel
• Tanks – 13 x 50l high pressure kegs (10 bar) Speidel for carbonation or topping
• Gammajet barrel cleaner

Bottling Equipment:

• Tardito rinser/sparger
• Mori 6 spout filter
• Enolta Mapan semi-automatic vaccum corker
• Cirio Germano capsule spinner
• Bottle Matic labeler

For more information on this or other properties Call Rick Walden (434) 981-5923.

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