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VINTAGE
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WEATHER
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SEMILLON
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CHARDONNAY
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SHIRAZ
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OVERALL
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2004
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Great weather until
early February when
we had several
thunderstorms and
significant rainfall.
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Not planted.
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Not made this year.
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2005
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Dry summer with
a little rain.
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First year vines -
not picked this year.
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2006
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Dry year with little
rain over harvest.
Very hot from
Christmas through
January.
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2007
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Terrific year, but
very dry conditions
restricted yields.
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Lovely fruit
but very
low yields.
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Really good flavours
and fruit ripeness;
reduced yields.
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Very good vintage
but yields at 50% of target.
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2008
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Great drought breaking
Rains in June. Ended as a
terrible year at Wombat due to
heavy rainfall during late
November, mid-January
and early February.
Overcast skies; no real
summer in the Valley.
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Not made this year.
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Not made this year.
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We were one of the lucky
ones with the Shiraz this
year as we avoided
disease pressures.
We made only rosé
from this vintage.
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| 2009 |
This was a good growing season that got off to a bit of a late start. Good winter rains sustained the vines in the early days, and irrigation was only needed in December and January. Late January had some hot days that saw the Shiraz build flavour and sugar quickly towards the end. While there was some heavy rain later in February, we were fortunate to get our grapes into the winery before they could be adversely affected by this event. |
Ripeness was a little spotty, but the wine in the vat looks good so far. Will take some time to develop with high acid levels.
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A great year for the chardonnay, which saw even ripeness and good bunch sizes with no disease pressures. Should be a bottler!
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The wine will be robust and typical of a Hunter Shiraz. Great year.
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| 2010 |
The 2010 vintage was a very unusual year - all our grapes were picked in 3 sessions from January 22 to January 27 - everything ripened at once, with the Shiraz surprising us by reaching ripeness only 4 days after the Chardonnay. It was an incredibly hectic time! Our vines were picked before the rain that came in February, and the young wines look simply brilliant in the winery. |
Produced the best balanced fruit for several years.
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Our Chardonnay had a little botrytis in some bunches that we cut off prior to picking. The hot weather in January resulted in some well tanned berries along the fringes. I tasted the juice recently - this will be another good year!
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2010 saw this vineyard produce small berries that resulted in lower than normal yields. Not impacted by the February rains, picked with greta flavours.
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