Jaime Goode of Wine Anorak has an awesome video up shot during the 2009 harvest at Quinta do Noval. You can see just how steep the hillsides of the estate are, with only two or three rows of vines per terrace. After picking, the whole clusters are cleaned, and the film ends with a great shot of one of the shallow concrete lagares, where the grapes are crushed by foot. Remarkably, all of the grapes harvested at the estate are tread in the lagares, a labor-intensive practice that yields the best, gentlest extraction of flavors.
Quinta do Noval - Harvest 2009 at Quinta do Noval
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