VITICULTURE
ARAR continues to develop as normal maturation to a good state of health of the grapes and within the traditional dates.
The start of the vintage will be made selectively to optimize the quality obtained, since the evolution of maturation, as is customary in Rioja, this differs depending on the location and orientation of vineyards within each zone. Control Board began in the last week of August in all areas of the Rioja monitoring ripening of the grapes.
The results of the analysis of samples gathered by the overseers of the Council can offer a qualitative assessment of the situation of the vineyard each week, reaching the optimal time to harvest in each locality, which is essential when obtain the highest quality wines produced.
Meteorological Data date: 29/09/1910 Home CEPA ARAR
Air Temperature: Max: 27.2 º C Min: 7.5 ° C
Relative Humidity: 44%
Accumulated Precipitation: 0.0 liters / M2
Solar Radiation: 221 W/M2
In this sense, the favorable weather of recent weeks "has led to excellent performance of vineyard in the whole name, with an important and balanced maturation of both the phenolic and the alcoholic." "Also, the weather has allowed the continued good health vegetative state and that the vineyard has been presenting all this end of the growing season, all of which allows current date augur superb quality expectations for grapes this vintage 2010. "
This Cepa Vieja feels that approximates a great vintage, as it shows you have some photos of the evolution of my clusters. You can also see the overseer of the family, Daniel III, checking the health of them.