Is September, what is the same: we are for grape harvest; the time when we work collecting the best grapes for DEMUERTE. A fundamental step in the preparation of our wines. To which WINERY ON CREATIONS pays a lot of attention and pampering. To let you know how our grape harvest develops and its particularities, we have written this article in which we want you to know our DEMUERTE wines better.
We are harvesting, collecting the best grapes for DEMUERTE
Grape harvest is a name used to refer to the process of harvesting grapes that have matured in vines throughout the summer. Grains that will be dedicated to the creation of wines and spirits. They are collected at different times, depending on the grape variety in question, the degree of ripening desired, as well as the area (especially latitude) in which the vineyards are located.
In our case, this is a process that takes place in September, which is when the grapes of our strains have already matured. Over 15-year-old specimens that offer high quality grapes, flavor and aroma.
Harvest at WINERY ON CREATIONS
Many people think that grapes are collected like other agricultural products. That is, uneasy.
However, in our case, the reality is quite different. And at WINERY ON CREATIONS we know that the quality of our wines begins with the careful collection of our grape grains. Thus, unlike other vineyards, the mature grapes of our strains are collected manually. Cutting each of the clusters offered by the vine, and carefully depositing them in boxes of about 20 kilos each. Thus preventing the grains from crushing and starting to ferment. This would clearly affect our winemaking and maceration process.
In this way, we make sure that the grains do not get damaged. Arriving at the wineries in the best possible conditions. And starting your oxidation process once the must is removed, never before. For our grain – mostly of the Monastrell variety – is small in size and has a high concentration of sugars, which makes it easier for it to have a particular flavor and its maturation to develop over a certain time. Which is essential for any variety of our DEMUERTE wines.
Curiosities around the harvest
Although the harvest process in Spain is very popular, the fact is that there is a lot of ignorance in
around it.
To learn more about it and to know more about what our work is, we’ve collected some curiosities about this work so deeply rooted in our popular culture:
- White grapes mature before dark grapes.
- Harvest cannot be done when the grape is wet. It is the same as it is by rain or dew. This extra presence of water can cause the quality of the must made from this fruit to be altered.
- Manual collection of grapes is much more expensive than mechanical collection, but it also results in a higher quality of wine obtained from this type of slower and careful grape harvest.
As you can see behind each of the bottles of our wines DEMUERTE there is a quiet, careful and constant work. A work in which it is essential to take care of the details that make up each step in order to obtain, in the end, extra quality wines like the ones that make up the DEMUERTE SERIES.
