Blood Orange
Lot 042 · 12.4° Brix · Sicilian varietal
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The supply chain
that picks its moment.
Orchard runs premium perishables from the tree to the shelf. It forecasts the pick, scans every fruit, blends by ratio and routes by freshness. The first chain it runs is craft juice.
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OrangeLot 042 · 750 ml
OrangeLot 042 · 750 ml
What this bottle knows
- Picked
- 14 Oct, 06:40
- Brix at pick
- 12.4°
- Blend
- 62 / 38
- Cold chain
- 2.8°C, no excursions
- Best within
- 21 days
The window between peak ripeness and the press.
Sugar and acidity are sampled daily on the trees. Orchard forecasts the peak days ahead and issues the pick window to the crew. Then the clock runs.
Peak forecastDay 11
PickedDay 13, 06:40
PressedDay 14, 09:10
One chain. Two layers.
The data layer decides. The physical flow moves the fruit. Every decision is printed on the lot it belongs to.
Pick-window model
pick window, 48 h
Farm
Sorting model
accept or reject
Sort and press
Blend calculator
ratio
Blend
HPP and bottle
Demand model
release plan
Cold store
Shelf-life model
log in, route out
Transport
Sell-through data
feeds the demand model
Shelf
- Decides
- Moves the fruit
- A decision going down
- Data going up
Fed by satellite and soil data, daily Brix and acidity samples, line scanners, a sensor on every pallet, and sell-through from every shop.
Four decisions, measured.
Models propose. People pick, press and drive. The numbers go on the bottle.
Farm
12.4°
Brix at pick. Acidity 0.61%. Sampled daily, called by forecast.
Sorting
100%
Of fruit scanned. Near-infrared for sugar, camera for bruising. 3.1% never reached the press.
Blend
62 / 38
Sweet block to sharp block, solved for one house profile. Added sugar: none.
Cold chain
2.8°C
Logged every five minutes, pallet by pallet. Zero excursions on lot 042.
Shelf life
21 days
Recalculated from the real temperature history. Not stamped once at bottling.
Routing
410 km
A pallet with the life for it travels far. One that sat on a warm dock goes to a nearer shelf.
Figures on this page are sample data from a prototype lot.
Picked on the curve.
Brix climbs and acidity falls as fruit ripens. Orchard forecasts both ten days out and calls the pick when the ratio peaks, so the crew works a 48-hour window instead of a calendar date.
BrixAcidityPick window
Blended by ratio.
Never by sugar.
Two lots from two blocks, measured and solved to one profile. Drag the ratio and watch the profile move. The October bottle tastes like the August one.
62% sweet block · 13.2° · TA 0.52%38% sharp block · 10.3° · TA 0.86%
12.1°0.65%House profile: 12.1° Brix, TA 0.65%
On the house profile.
Routed by freshness.
A sensor rides on every pallet. Orchard weighs each five-minute sample with a Q10 of three: ten degrees warmer, the juice ages three times faster. Remaining life is recalculated from what the pallet actually saw, and the route follows.
Days left at routing21.0 days
RouteFar distributor, 410 km
Two days of transit at 2.8°C. The pallet keeps enough life for the far route.
Pallet temperature, 48 h2.8°C target
Every bottle has a passport.
Scan the label. See the farm, the pick, the numbers and every temperature on the way to you.
Lot 042Prototype data
- Fruit
- Blood orange
- Origin
- Single grove, Sicily
- Picked
- 14 Oct, 06:40
- Brix at pick
- 12.4°
- Acidity
- 0.61%
- Blend
- 62 / 38
- Cold chain
- 2.8°C, no excursions
- Best within
- 21 days
The first chain we run is ours.
Three fruits, one lot each, 1,200 bottles a lot. Cold pressed, HPP, kept chilled. Taste what the chain does.
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Reserve a case ›Run your chain on Orchard.
One product, one season, the whole chain. Orchard fits growers, craft producers and premium retailers who sell things that spoil.
- Forecast. The pick window for your crop, from your own samples and the weather over your blocks.
- Sort and blend. Line scanning for every unit, and a profile your product holds from lot to lot.
- Cold chain. A sensor on every pallet, live shelf life, and routing by freshness.
- Passport. A lot page for every unit you sell, printed on the label.