Harvest started August 29 due to an exceptionally early flowering season. It was a particularly cool summer with nice, even weather. Although harvest was advanced, yields were actually smaller than average but with excellent quality. The Palomino was harvested right before some light rainfall with the Moscatel harvested shortly thereafter. The rain did not adversely affect harvest or the subsequent drying of the grapes for the Moscatel Pasas.
The photo below shows the age old tradition of drying the grapes on open fields of sand in Chipiona. 56,300 kilos of Moscatel de Alejandria (Chipiona Clone) were laid out to dry with a potential 25 ºBx. After two weeks drying in optimum condition the grapes were fermented and then fortified to 17 ºBx.
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