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Newsletter August 2008
2008 Harvest Update
The season started with one of the driest winters on record leading to the most challenging frost season in 35 years. While some vineyards lost up to 50 percent of their crop, the loss did not seem to affect the remaining fruit quality.
The low soil moisture and cold temperatures resulted in smaller than normal clusters with small berries and a reduced number of seeds. Particularly, an excellent result for Pinot Noir that should produce concentrated and deeply colored wines with soft tannins.
Summer weather has been textbook - cool nights with chilly mornings burning off to warm and sunny afternoons. Wild fires that started in late June resulted in reduced sunlight in the vineyards; however, there appears to be no long term effect from the fires.
The growing season appears to be “on schedule” with harvest predicted to start the first week of September. The 2008 harvest looks to be a much smaller than average crop with excellent to outstanding quality potential, particularly for Pinot Noir.
