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| Photo: Lolita Vázquez (La Voz de Galicia) - Info Source: La Región |
The María
Teresa Nuñez Vega winery was the first in starting the picking work in Galicia,
last Thursday at 08.00 am.
The
vineyards are located in the City Council of Petín and there is where the
campaign of the Autonomous Community began.
Leading the works, which will continue throughout the next days, we find
the owner of the winery Celestino Naveira. He announced that the grape is of an
excellent quality, although the crop is expected to be lower than the previous
year.
'There are
fewer grapes than last year, a 20% less, but in fact there are more than we
were expecting. For sure, all the grapes are excellent ' he stated. Despite the
fact that weather conditions led to several days of delay to begin the harvest,
these also favored the development of the plants, that could enjoy several days
of warm temperatures, ideal for picking the fruit.
The María
Teresa Núñez winery works with mencia, alicante and godello varieties.
According to Celestino Naveira, this last variety 'mature sooner', reaching
13.5 degrees this year. He also indicated that its production is slightly
larger than 30,000 bottles, being of godello variety two out of three.
Video: La Región
The
expectations of the winery of Petín coincide totally with those of the
Regulatory Council of D.O. Valdeorras appellation. His technical director,
Jorge Mazaira, also calculated a 20% decline in production respect the vintage
of 2011, when producers in Valdeorras collected about 6.4 million kilos.
The
technician of this winemaking organization also indicated that the 'quality of
the grape is very good; it rained when rain was needed and it was warm at the
right time. These days, temperatures of 30 degrees are ideal for the harvest;
if these were higher, grapes could be damaged'.
Despite of
belonging to the first Galician appellation that starts the harvest, cellars of
Valdeorras begin this campaing a week later compared with the previous season,
when at the end of August we could already find workers in the vineyards.
Throughout
the weekend, a great part of wineries that make up the D.O. Valdeorras
appellation have joined the harvest, although the main activity is expected to
take place around 23 September.
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