As the 2018 harvest reaches its final stages a more accurate picture of
its size is emerging. Predictions of up to 20% bigger than last year now look
wildly optimistic, and the Consejo´s prediction of 10% are much nearer the mark
though as things currently stand it is only a little over 6% bigger. So far
approximately 80 million kilos have been harvested and grapes coming in now have
an average sugar Reading of 11.31° Beaumé. The inland vineyards are all
but finished, but those of the coastal áreas of Sanlúcar, Chipiona and Chiclana are
finding that some grapes are having difficulty developing past 10.7°
and growers are having to wait, hoping that the weather stays dry to avoid any
more cryptogamic problems. At least he forecast is encouraging for the next couple of
days but there is overnight dew which is not helping. Some 68% of the harvest so far came from the interior vineyards
near Jerez with 13% from Trebujena and the rest from the vineyards nearer the
coast.
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| Hand picking (foto:MAGonzalez diariodejerez) |
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