Vintage 2026
TO BE UPDATED
The season weather
The growing season were rather good also in 2026, at least for wine growers with old deep rooted plants. Observe the low scale of the y-axis for rain, even the worst rainfall did only collect 18 mm of rain. During several weeks in mid summer there were a scarcity of rain, and the new plantings fared poorly.
In the middle of the summer one could even call this a drought, because the frequent rain only brought some millimeter of water.
We had just planted Bishop Garden, and these small roots in a known very dry soil, caused a lot of plants to die. We had also planted Earl Ridge, but anyhow it seems that this ridge receive a lot of ground water form the hill, making the survival much better.
The harvest weather
The grapes were not fully ripe in September, and we took the risk to pass through the rain in late September. Note the mild scale of rain, even the high bars are only reflecting 4 mm rain.
It went rather cod when we started to harvest, but that is favorable, because it hinder the grapes to oxidize in the boxes.
This is a typical compromise situation once again, if we had been waited a week to start the harvest, we could have had a full rain free week and less diluted grapes. But no big thing this time, our 2024 vintage is wonderful.
Grape measurements
This vintage we didn't need the anxiety of ripeness measurements, it was enough to see and taste the grapes. We also received the grapes wit 218 gram per liter sugar, which is perfect for our wine style.
Harvest and pressing
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Assembling the portfolio
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