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2025 Harvest Reports!

2025 Harvest Reports!

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harvest report 31.12.2025

2025 Harvest Report from Emma Maule

It had all been looking so promising. A balanced spring; relatively cool, with just the right amount of rainfall. Towards the end of June, the temperatures suddenly increased and the vines responded enthusiastically. The grapes were looking very promising and we were optimistic about this year's harvest. At the end of July, we'd wrapped up the manual vineyard work (removed excess leaves, thinned grape bunches, tucked all the shoots into the wires) and we were ready for the August break before the run-up to harvest.   I remember it well. August 2nd. It was a Saturday morning. The night before there had been a violent summer storm rumbling not so far away and we were all watching the clouds to see if the storm would come our way. Fortunately it didn't.  The next morning was cool. We were in the cellar deciding upon the final blend for our Sassaia 2024. Rain was forecast but given that the temperatures were so low, no-one imagined the damage the storm would bring.  The hail hit the hills above Gambellara, where we have two-thirds of our vineyards. (For context, we have 18 hectares in 13 different places, all around the small town of Gambellara but at different altitudes and expositions.) Of the vineyards affected, it wiped out approximately 80% of the crop.  We started harvest as usual around early September. Progress was fast; there wasn't much to pick and conditions wouldn't permit a long ripening this year.  The evening of September 24th, the hail clouds came for us a second time. This time, the storm stripped the vineyards closer to the winery (the ones which had been largely spared the previous month's wrath.) We went out the next day, with hail stones still on the ground, to pick whatever was left.  By October 1st, when we normally kick into gear, harvest was over.  What little wine we made went smoothly (no problem with fermenations) but let's wait until the spring to see what we'll do with it.  P.S. If anyone reading this has any experience with hail cannons, please get in touch!" <img src="https://louisdressner.com/uploads/images/article//1092/ea/ba/eaba56c12c706a37528ee16c4b4cd43a.jpg" /><img src="https://louisdressner.com/uploads/images/article//1092/c2/d9/c2d9a80a5652358ba1814cda00ab46c2.jpg" /> <img src="https://louisdressner.com/uploads/images/article//1092/77/c9/77c9f9b6d59fc724327e6277954bc1bb.jpg" /><img src="https://louisdressner.com/uploads/images/article//1092/98/36/9836745cc1273f3986a3ce84f94b5d61.jpg" /><img src="https://louisdressner.com/uploads/images/article//1092/89/d4/89d4b971581d769821312b7a1308cf38.jpg" />

producer 22.05.2019

Francis Boulard et Fille