The half time siren has gone in the 2010 vintage with the last Forester whites crushed on Saturday 13th March.
We already have one Merlot fermenting away, however there looks like being a nice break before the rest of the reds start reaching maturity.. much the same as we experienced in 2009.
The story of the vintage so far has been the healthy (big!) crop sizes on many of the whites with a number of deliveries far exceeding our expectations. We have also had to manage harvests and fruit handling to reduce the impact of several prolonged hot spells in the last 3 weeks and recent data from the Bureau of Meteorology suggests Busselton had its hottest February on record, with the record for the warmest March overnight minimum also falling this week.
Having said that, our old vine Chardonnay looks powerful and a new parcel of Semillon we have taken on this year is showing remarkable intensity.. good news for the 2010 SSB!
how are the vintage imports holding up under the hot weather!