{"id":20012,"date":"2024-09-27T08:54:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T08:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torello.com\/informe-de-verema-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T09:54:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T09:54:35","slug":"2024-harvest-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torello.com\/en\/2024-harvest-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Harvest report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 74th harvest since we started to make the first bottle of sparkling wine in 1951.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the last few years there have been considerable changes in the climatology of our Pened\u00e8s region and in all Catalunya: in fact, it is a worldwide problem. The years 2021, 2022 and 2023 especially were extremely dry, and the drought, as well as meaning much less production per hectare, provoked the death of some vines.<\/p>\n

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First day of the 2024 harvest<\/p><\/div>\n

A year of rain, but not enough<\/h2>\n

2024 has been a year when we have had a little more rain than in recent years, 469 litres per square metre (still lower than the average of 530 litres of the last 8 years), very well received but still insufficient. We have been lucky not to have suffered frosts in the spring nor damage from hail in the numerous summer storms. Nor have we had any problem with fungi like mildew. As every year we protected the vines on our estate with electric \u2018shepherds\u2019 but we haven\u2019t escaped the attacks by wild boars with which we are used to coexisting. That said, 2024, in the words of our head winegrower Quim Isart<\/strong>, \u201cwill be remembered for the visit of the miniscule millimetric green mosquito which we had not seen for many years and which we will have to watch in case it continues in the next few years. It is a mosquito which sucks the nerves of the leaves, drying them and causing them to fall. That reduces the production and the degree of alcohol.\u201d The job of winegrower requires continuous observation of the estate and of every single vine throughout the year.<\/p>\n

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Grapes of red grenache harvested during the 2024 harvest<\/p><\/div>\n

Night harvest<\/h2>\n

The harvest of the 11 varieties of grape on our Can Mart\u00ed estate<\/a> started on the very early morning of the 5th<\/sup> of August and finished on the 18th<\/sup> of September. As in the last few years, the harvest started at 04:30 in the morning thus protecting the pickers from the high daytime temperatures. We also aim to save energy as a grape that enters at a lower temperature requires less energy to cool it. Finally, this strategy better preserves the colour and the aromas of the must. In general, the production of grapes on our estate has been similar to that of last year, though the grapes are smaller than other years due to the drought. However, the state of their health is particularly good. According to our oenologist Marc Martin<\/strong> \u201cwe have detected higher levels of nitrogen than in other years which favours the fermentation of the must with yeasts native to our estate.\u201d<\/p>\n