{"id":1066,"date":"2024-01-26T18:45:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marabino.it\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2024-05-05T23:28:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T21:28:06","slug":"another-warm-harvest-with-slow-ripenesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marabino.it\/en\/another-warm-harvest-with-slow-ripenesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2023 – Another warm harvest, with slow ripenesses!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hello,<\/p>\n

Here I am with our usual annual appointment, the one dedicated to the harvest just concluded, that of 2023.<\/p>\n

A year whose winter was without rain but characterized by widespread humidity, which allowed our green manures to start growing quite well. Then March arrived: in two days we had 60 percent of the annual rainfall, a quantity of water that literally flooded our lands which fortunately held up well: the action of the roots of the green manures and of the preparation 500 which gives a colloidal structure on the soil, making it more draining and spongy, allowed our vineyards to withstand the impact, without particular landslides. This rain, although violent, brought a good boost to the vegetation. The soil benefited and the result was very lush green manure, with the shoots of the vines and fruit trees starting in an optimal manner.<\/p>\n

Spring continued well throughout the month of April but in May, in full bloom and therefore during a delicate period for the vineyards, an unusual humid climate arrived, followed by some light rain. This pushed us to treat the vineyards with copper in a preventative manner in order to avoid having mold problems. This year, in much of Italy and Sicily, downy mildew has plagued the vineyards, leading to a drastic drop in production and compromising the quality of the grapes. Fortunately we have not had any problems with downy mildew on the bunches, only on some leaves in the \u201cVigna del Coniglio\u201d which is located at the bottom of the valley. Unlike other areas, here the rains were short and not very intense, but the humidity, although unusual in this period, was often present.<\/p>\n

On the basis of last year’s experience with the leafhopper problem (I talked about it in last autumn’s newsletter<\/a>, do you remember?) we took preventive action, treating the vineyards with kaolin (rock dust) to inhibit the action of that insect. It went well. July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, in our territory we did not reach the peak temperature of 2021 but there were days so hot that they took our breath away, which slowed down the ripening processes of the vines. During the month of August the weather changed, the temperatures dropped, the air was decidedly cooler. For this reason we decided to wait a little longer for the white grapes this year: when we tasted the grains, the moscato seemed ripe as early as August 10th but it didn’t convince us aromatically, so we decided to wait a few more days before starting the harvest.<\/p>\n\t

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