We have finished the 2024 harvest!
The beginning of autumn marks the time of the harvest in both Spain and Portugal. October has been a month full of activity with the collection of minority varieties! The first impressions are very positive: adequate fruit ripening, good ripeness parameters, sugar concentration, and acidity that make us very optimistic about the future quality of the wines.
In the Spanish part, we have reached seventeen elaborations from the minority varieties distributed by designations of origin as follows:
From the D.O. Arribes, we have harvested Tijonera, Puesta en Cruz, Bruñal, Mandón, Tinto Jeromo, Gajo Arroba (which in Portugal is called Cornifesto) and Bastardillo chico. In the D.O. Bierzo, Estaladiña and Merenzao have been harvested. In the D.O. Sierra de Salamanca, we have harvested Rufete Serrano Blanco and Piñonera. From the D.O. León, the Negro saurí (local denomination of the Merenzao variety) has been harvested, while in the D.O. Cebreros, the white variety Legiruela has been harvested. In the D.O. Rueda, Cenicienta has been harvested, and finally, in the experimental farm of Zamadueñas, a new variety included in the study called Aurígera and the variety Puesto Mayor have been harvested.
In the Tras-Os-Montes region of Portugal, the varieties Bastardo Tinto, Tinto Cão, Conifesto, Tinta Gorda/nova, tinta Gorda/Velha, Boal, Samarrinho, Bical, Bastardo Branco/Nova, and Bastardo Brando/Velha have been harvested.
From now on, we will focus on the fermentation of the different varieties in the winery so that these grape varieties that we are taking care of and studying with so much dedication can become unique wines capable of transporting us to the deepest part of the cultural richness of the border between Castilla y León and northern Portugal.
Everything about MINORSENS in one click
The MINORSENS project website is now available, enter www.minorsens.eu to learn everything about this cross-border initiative co-financed by the Interreg VI-A Spain-Portugal Program (POCTEP) 2021-2027.
