HARVEST 2014 - DAY 4 Sunday, a day of rest...... for some, but not for us. OK, so we started an hour later than usual, to give our picking team at least a few more minutes in bed (you see, we do have a human side after all!) The morning started brightly enough, but not the clear blue skies that we had enjoyed last week. The weather forecasters had actually predicted the possibility of rain overnight, but this did not materialise, simply a bit of cloud cover that presented no danger at all to our precious grapes. As the day progressed, so the weather improved and the cloud cover started to break, giving us intervals of warm, pleasant sunshine. Todays picking was limited to just a couple of vineyard sites - one grower (whose vineyard is managed by us), and El Pazo, our biggest single vineyard site of 5 hectares. We had been anxiously awaiting the grapes from the Pazo vineyard, and of course, had our fingers crossed that there was no further rain. We were not to be disappointed - the old vines on this site yielded some of the very best fruit of the vendimia so far. Very ripe, good viscose juice and just the right amount of acidity (the makings of a very good Family Estate wine). Indeed, our video clip of today shows the team picking in our Pazo vineyard - its only a very short clip but at least it gives you an idea of what it might be like to work on a canopy above your head (for days on end). A short day, but nonetheless satisfying, gathering in some very good raw material.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:16:48 +0000
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