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Harvest report 2008
The time at which grapes flower is determinative for the subsequent
quality of the wine. In the year 2008, as in the previous year, the
growth season began three to four weeks earlier than normal.
The wet summer provided good growth conditions for Riesling grapes.
The changeable autumn weather was the cause of the long harvest period, which was prolonged to over 6 weeks.
The
wine year 2008 will enter the record books as the year of the
rootstock vineyards. All of our 50 to 90-year-old Riesling grapevines
in Bernkastel, Wehlen, Graach and Ürzig withstood all of the adversity
of the unstable weather and remained healthy.
We were able to harvest grapes with good must density.
For
the wine year 2008 we expect to produce vigorous, refreshing Rieslings
with high extract content. In our top vineyard, the Bernkasteler alte
Badstube am Doctorberg, we expect a so-called "Großes Gewächs", which
means "great growth".
In the Bernkasteler Johannisbrünnchen we
still have grapes on the vine awaiting the required frost to be able to
produce Eiswein (ice wine).
