Harvested frozen, by rule, at minus eight
Icewine must be picked and pressed while the fruit is naturally frozen at or below −8°C, which is a legal definition and a logistical problem.
Section 4
From fruit to bottle, in a short season
Appassimento, icewine, and the compressed harvest. 3 pieces.
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Drying the fruit to concentrate a short season
Appassimento dries picked bunches before pressing, a borrowed technique that compensates for a growing season that ended early.
Everything ripens at once and the crew is finite
A short autumn compresses picking into a narrow window, which decides how much a producer can actually make.