{"id":3928,"date":"2018-10-16T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adottaunfilare.com\/uncategorized\/the-grape-harvest-waiting-for-the-right-moment\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T20:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T19:41:29","slug":"the-grape-harvest-waiting-for-the-right-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adottaunfilare.com\/en\/the-blog\/the-grape-harvest-waiting-for-the-right-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"The grape harvest: waiting for the right moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All of nature\u2019s things take their own time\u2013they can\u2019t be forced or hurried\u2026<\/p>\n

After a summer’s labour in the vineyard and holding our breath between rain and hail, it would seem natural to lop off the ripe-looking grape clusters as quickly as possible to reassure ourselves of a bounty of fruit after such hard work.<\/p>\n<\/div>

But the grape harvest is – after all – decided by nature, in her own time and following her own rules.
\nThe best we can do is follow along.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

It’s essential to hold off the harvest until the grapes build up enough sugar\u2014but\u2014without losing the correct balance of sugar to acidity.<\/p>\n

The intense violet of Nebbiolo<\/strong> grapes and the even more deeply-coloured Barbera<\/strong> can be deceptive.
\nDespite the colour of their skins, the grapes need to attain a particular level of maturity to release their anthocyanins and polyphenols into the wine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\"aromi<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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And the pips? <\/strong>If you thought them relatively unimportant, think again: at times they are indeed the key to a good red wine.
\n<\/strong>The tannins<\/strong> in the pips are shorter chains which lengthen over time; the shorter the tannin chains the bitterer and coarser the flavour; the longer they are the more pleasing the taste overall.
\n<\/strong>If you wait for the right moment, the grape pips release round and elegant tannins into the must and thence the wine, creating body without belabouring the palate.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

This is the time when the winemaker<\/strong> paces the vineyards, back and forth, from row to row, attempting to glean a sign that the right moment has arrived.
\n<\/strong>Samples are taken to measure sugar and polyphenols to ensure they are in perfect balance.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

And all the while, we wait.<\/p>\n

And then without warning, the vendemmia begins and the calm of late summer erupts in the frenzy of the harvest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

The window of opportunity opens briefly and then closes.
\nMountains of grape clusters pour into the cellars to be transformed into must, in a flurry of crates and hands and people.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\"aromi<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The grape clusters are de-stemmed and pressed.
\nThe must, in contact with the skins, begins the process of fermentation<\/strong> to transform sugars into alcohol, while maceration ensures extraction of colour along with the flavour and aromas of the terroir.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Cluster by cluster the vineyards empty and the vats fill. And so this year also, the vendemmia draws to a close and the slow and patient work of ageing the new wine over months and years begins.<\/p>\n

The end of the vendemmia allows a brief moment to relax between harvest and pruning and to enjoy the fruit of past harvests, like a mature Barolo DOCG<\/strong><\/a> or a Langhe DOC Nebbiolo<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

And the feeling of anticipation begins all over again, because good things take their own time and oblige us to bide ours.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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