HARVEST 2018
Leading into harvest is exciting, exhilarating and scary with so many questions unanswered. How will the weather
patterns this far affect the fruit and will it maintain cool? hot? Foggy?
The 2018 harvest has been a great one! Mat ranks it 8 out of 10.
Exceptional quality, low but not scary low yields and OMG this will a great vintage to remember and purchase.
We started purchasing Gewurztraminer in 2014, Mat's love of the grape drove this decision. This vintage was picked
on Sept. 4th, our first fruit of the season. And so it begins....
Ruxton vineyard picked on Friday Sept. 7th. This vineyard location is our highest elevation and often above
the fog as seen in this photo. The longest hours of sun exposure lends to it's earlier ripening,
Tiny clusters are perfect for producing high quality pinot as seen is this picture from the Ruxton pick.
TNT Vineyard picked in the wee hours of the morning on Friday Sept. 14th, coming in to the crush pad
by 9 a.m.
Two of the last four harvests we were unable to produce a Rose'. Mat saw an opportunity to purchase some Pinot
from a vineyard on Laguna Road. We bought just enough to produce about 150 cases. Look for it earlier Spring
2019!!
Our first Grenache grapes picked Sept. 25th from the same vineyard we purchase our viognier from.
We have been purchasing Cab Franc from Bill and Betsy at Acorn Winery since 2012. This year the fruit picked Sept. 26th
Rains came Monday October 1st, with two vineyards with fruit remaining on the vine. We received 2 inches over night.
Viognier was picked Monday October 8th and our final pick, Pinot at the Bohemian Vineyard in Freestone was picked Thursday October 18th, 1.3 tons arrived of these beautiful clusters
Now it is time to clean up the cellar, party, say good bye to the interns and get back to the Tasting Room!Come see us in Graton for more harvest 2018 details.
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