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So I am a bit behind my vineyard update posting schedule; I just haven’t been able to make it over to the vineyard in Oakville I’ve been featuring this season.
But as I was driving home, I stopped at this vineyard in Saint Helena so that I could share a bit of what’s going on here in the Napa Valley with you.
According to my winemaker friends, the season is a “bit of a nail biter” but has great potential.
And now that the unusually cool summer has give way to an unusually hot fall, things are getting interesting fast.
Stay tuned–I will get to that Oakville vineyard this week and we’ll get back on track.
From what I understand, the ripening of most grapes is behind “schedule” this year due to the unusually mild temperatures we’ve been experiencing. So, this will likely be a late harvest–unless we have early rains. Rain pretty much necessitates harvest as the grapes can be damaged.
That said, today it was 100 106 degrees Upvalley. It will be interesting to watch what happens from here on out.
Below you can see that the grapes are well beyond veraison and that the leaf canopy has really developed since Update #5.
That development is particularly notable as I’m told that quite a bit of canopy management–meaning successive cutting back of the leaves–has been occurring in most vineyards. This cutting allows more sunlight to reach the grape clusters, thereby optimizing the ripening process. There has been more of this cutting this year than in past due to this summer’s crazy cool weather.
Towards Nickel & Nickel Winery
Grape Clusters Nineteen Weeks Post Bud Break
Towards Robert Mondavi Winery
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The most interesting change since Update #4 is the grow of the grape clusters in the second photo below. The leaf canopy hasn’t seemed to have grown much, with the exception of filling out some.
So do you like that this year I’ve been featuring the same vineyard in each update?
Or would you like to see more on other vineyards?
Looking Towards Nickel & Nickel Winery
Grape Clusters Thirteen Weeks Post Bud Break
Looking Towards Robert Mondavi Winery
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Taken at Ehlers Estate in Saint Helena this past weekend:
Albeit a totally different vineyard in a totally different part of the valley, but that’s quite a bit of change from this.