In the Pleven Harbour, Storgozia and Cabernet Sauvignon, there is also Gamza.
Vineyard owners are already harvesting the later red varieties, which usually have to be harvested at the end of September because of the great drought, which literally drinks the juice from the grapes. The situation is almost the same throughout Bulgaria, and only in certain places where the grapes have been grown under irrigated conditions can there be delays.
The same is true of the arrays of the Institute of Vine and Wine in Pleven. The red wine grape varieties Storgozia and Cabernet Sauvignon are currently harvested there., the story about Agri.BG Assoc. Tatyana Yoncheva, a technologist at the Institute.
‘The traditional Bulgarian variety Gamza will also be harvested next week,’ she added.
According to the calculations of the specialists the grapes this year are harvested 2-3 weeks earlier, because it literally dries on the vines.
"The year is not the worst. An average estimate of the harvest can be given both in terms of the sugar content of the grapes and in terms of quality. During the year there was no rainfall, but because of the drought rate of yield He'll be short. The grapes are still raisined on the vines. In addition, the harvest started earlier because the grapes are drying out and the year is such that everything is harvested at the same time – there are no early-harvesting varieties, no late-harvesting varieties"," said Assoc. It's Yoncheva.
Although many winemakers claim that in dry years the quality of the wine becomes unique, yet for this year, given the great drought, it is not possible to predict what its quality will be,commented the technologist of the Pleven Wine Institute.
However, if such a trend persists for long dry and hot months, a change in cultivation technology is likely to be necessary. vines and conducting specific operations, the specialist further said.
Source: https://agri.bg/
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