{"id":746,"date":"2016-09-10T13:54:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T13:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/domainelatasque.com\/?p=746"},"modified":"2023-01-07T09:21:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T09:21:11","slug":"harvest-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/domainelatasque.com\/fr\/harvest-2016\/746","title":{"rendered":"Harvest 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hand harvesting Syrah 2016<\/h1>\n

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At Domaine La Tasque we harvested our Syrah yesterday. We harvested by hand under beautiful blue skies.<\/p>\n

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Grapes loaded onto Simon\u2019s mad machine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The pre-harvest debriefing was important as the grapes in one portion of the vineyard weren\u2019t ripe so pickers needed to know which vines to pick and which to leave to ripen for another week or so.<\/p>\n

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Harvest debriefing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The quality of the grapes is excellent. However it has been a very dry year and a thirsty vine means smaller berries and lower yields. \u00a0Our Syrah crop is about half of last year\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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In the vineyard ..<\/h2>\n

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healthy grapes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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grape pickers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In the winery<\/h2>\n

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The small berry size meant that we adapted the way we process the fruit once it comes into the winery. We don\u2019t normally crush the grapes but in 2016 it was essential to liberate the juice.<\/p>\n

Destemming and crushing<\/h3>\n

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Destemming Syrah grapes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Crushing syrah grapes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Pigeage<\/h2>\n

And once the grapes were in the tank we use pigeage or punching down to extract colour and flavour.<\/p>\n

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Pigeage Syrah<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Simon punching down Syrah<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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