The Rueda 2011 harvest is now finished, producing a crop of 75 million kilos of grapes.
The precocity of the vine-growing cycle and high temperatures in summer led to very early harvesting dates. The health of the grapes as they came into the wineries was excellent. The 2011 vintage was one of the earliest on record in the Rueda appellation, having begun on August 23rd and finished on October 7th. The absence of cold weather during March and April caused early and fast vine …