2005

Vintage 2005 will be remembered as being not only the earliest and ripest for many years but also being somewhat topsy tervy due to the extremely dry yet cool conditions. The early vintage can be traced back to the first week in September with early bud burst and excellent shoot growth resulting from a wet winter and fine spring conditions. Flowering was also a little earlier and the weather was favourable for the most part but cooler conditions towards the end of flowering did inhibit fruit set in some vineyards. The 2005 vintage will be remembered as comparatively compact with average to slightly below average yields and warm dry conditions throughout, making for trouble-free harvest management. Late spring and summer can be best called normal, with mild conditions experienced throughout the growing season but with noticeable absence of periods of hot weather. This, along with the very dry summer and autumn, provided for a near ideal season in which the vines were comfortably able to ripen their fruit. In summary, it was a very pleasing year.

Other years:
2006
2004
2003
2002
2001
1998