The 15-day advance of the harvest in the DO Navarra it will allow all grape varieties to ripen in optimal conditions. This anticipated campaign and the optimal sanitary state presage that the DO Navarra is faced with a harvest of great quality.
Forecast in the DO Navarra
El Regulatory Council It is expected that around 74 million kilos of grapes will be harvested. This supposes a descent around 8% compared to the figure reached last year.
This decrease is led by the variety tempranillo, which has smaller grains and fewer. Still, it is a harvest that stands in the mean of the Denomination in recent years. However, the forecast can be modified by the climatological development from the end of the vine ripening cycle.
As is tradition in the region and due to its particular characteristics. The differences in climates and soils between the different areas. The vintage has started in the Low Bank where the varieties of White grape earlier. These are the Chardonnay and Small Grain Muscat.
After a winter and a hot and dry spring that caused the advancement of the sprouting of the vineyard. A summer marked by the high temperatures and accompanied by numerous storms. These nourished the plants with the water they needed to face the months to come.
The winegrowers dedicated a special zeal to the care of the vineyard in the face of the rains and Adverse weather conditions that occurred.
Statements of its president
"We have been lucky because Navarre it has not been affected in general features by the frosts that passed with little virulence in the region "
That is what the President of DO Navarra, David Palacios.
A staggered harvest begins that will soon be generalized throughout the viticultural map of the DO Navarra. This is made up of 11.000 hectares of vineyards divided into five zones: Ribera Baja, Ribera Alta, Baja Montaña, Tierra Estella and Valdizarbe.
In the latter, varieties of white grape: Chardonnay, Viura, Small Grain Muscat, White Garnacha, Malvasía and Sauvignon Blanc.
As for the paints: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Graciano, Mazuelo, Pinot Noir and Syrah.
