HARVEST 2008- PRELIMINARY DATES

After a phantastic week of sunshine and temperatures well above 20C, on Monday april 14 we woke up with temperatures below 0 C. As a result we decided to harvest most of the grapes between Tuesday and Sunday this week.

Our tentative dates:

april 15- 15.000 kgs Malbec - Ojo de Vino (being used for organic Reserva)
april 16- 10.000 kgs Malbec- Ojo de Vino (best grapes for organic Premium)
april 17- 18: 20.000 kgs Malbec- own vineyard
april 19-20: 15.000 kgs other red grapes own vineyard
next week: 18.000 kgs Cabernet Sauvignon- Ojo de Vino (Reserva)

HARVEST 2008- LAST RIPE CONTROL

Last week we walked through the vineyards to watch the latest developments on the grapes to decide on the best conditions for harvesting our grapes. According to our enologist and agronomist we will most likely pick up our grapes on the week of april 14 (Syrah & Malbec) and the week after (Cabernet), depending on the climatic conditions. On our vineyard there will be approx 18.000 kgs of Malbec and 15.000 kgs of Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Merlot.

The technical details for april 07, 2008:

Malbec:
º BRIX- 26
ACIDITY- 4.9
PH- 3.72
SUGAR- 262.3
ALC. POTENCIAL- 15.4

Syrah:
º BRIX- 26.4
ACIDITY- 3.52
PH-3.85
SUGAR- 266.8
ALC. POTENTIAL- 15.7

Cabernet Sauvignon:

º BRIX- 23.6
ACIDITY- 5.85
PH- 3.34
SUGAR- 236
ALC. POTENTIAL- 14