A day harvesting at Enrico
14 Sept 2012
Half a day spent harvesting the last few vineyards rows left from the previous days!
Translation of the main topics Enrico is talking about.
Q: Enrico, where are we with the harvest ?
A: Well, we are at a good point because the season is on our side! After a long and dry season (June, July and August with no rain) we recently had a nice rain that prolonged the maturation period.
I am at the point of having harvested the Merlot, finished on 14 Sept, and it is bit late because usually we harvest it at the beginning of September. We finished as well last week with the whites, Sauvignon and Vermentino. So I am very satisfied. Even if we ear general complains from other producers, my grapes are fresh, healthy, well ripen and absolutely not cooked. Moreover the produced quantity is good as it is at the level of 2011 production, maybe a bit more.
Q: We have been in the vineyard and apart from the very nice and healthy grapes we noticed also a very good quantities of grapes on the vines. It does not seems like the general situation that talks about a 10% less in production in respect to the 2011.
A: Absolutely true and this is because of the great daily work done in the vineyard that allows me to have a vineyard with a great equilibrium even during difficult and warm vintages like this one.
Half a day spent harvesting the last few vineyards rows left from the previous days!
 Castagneto Carducci view from Merlot vineyard |
 Ripen and healthy Merlot grapes |
| A perfect weather, great view and few rows of nice, ripen, delicious and healthy Merlot. | |
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| All the grapes collected in buckets, moved on a tractor to leave the vineyard toward the cellar. | ||
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| The way of the grapes go through to become must! | |||
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A bit of "salamoia" before moving the most in its fermentation vats.
( Salamonia indicate the process of moving apart a 5/10 % of the most from the crunched grapes. After few analysis to evaluate the "concentration" of the must in the following days, the removed must is either, partly put back or just sold as must (for sweets, for people that likes to do cooked wine, etc) |
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And finally after all that work (!) a tasting of a very nice juice from white grapes (Vermentino and Sauvignon, vinified together this year) .
What a great tropical nose it has! |
At the end a short interview with Enrico about the harvest
Translation of the main topics Enrico is talking about.
Q: Enrico, where are we with the harvest ?
A: Well, we are at a good point because the season is on our side! After a long and dry season (June, July and August with no rain) we recently had a nice rain that prolonged the maturation period.
I am at the point of having harvested the Merlot, finished on 14 Sept, and it is bit late because usually we harvest it at the beginning of September. We finished as well last week with the whites, Sauvignon and Vermentino. So I am very satisfied. Even if we ear general complains from other producers, my grapes are fresh, healthy, well ripen and absolutely not cooked. Moreover the produced quantity is good as it is at the level of 2011 production, maybe a bit more.
Q: We have been in the vineyard and apart from the very nice and healthy grapes we noticed also a very good quantities of grapes on the vines. It does not seems like the general situation that talks about a 10% less in production in respect to the 2011.
A: Absolutely true and this is because of the great daily work done in the vineyard that allows me to have a vineyard with a great equilibrium even during difficult and warm vintages like this one.