Vintage 2021: Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc Harvest

Our last harvest of the year was on Sunday, October 24 when we harvested our Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Our friends came once again to raise the netting and began harvesting around 9 a.m. The day was a cool but a beautiful one with sunshine and blue skies, a typical fall day in New England.
We had some new harvesters among our crew, including the cutest harvester, 6-1/2 year old Phoebe, who worked for 2 hours and said that she could have kept on going! That's the kind of crew we can really appreciate!
The harvest was a modest one, compared to what we had in our 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc harvest. But the grapes were clean!
The harvested grapes all fit in their respective half-ton bins and were transported to our off vineyard facility to spend the night.

The grapes were transported to Jonathan Edwards Winery in the early afternoon where their destemmer made quick work of the harvest and the destemmed grapes went into the cleaned half-ton bins for cold maceration, to extract color.
It was very nice to know that all of our grapes were finally harvested and beginning their journey from juice to wine!