|
We Love Shiraz.com |
FAQs | Contact | Feedback | Sitemap |
|
Site Menu... |
 |
What's New...
$20 per bottle
2006 Mollydooker Scooter Merlot
|
Mollydooker 2007 Vintage Reportby Leigh Gawith - Vineyard Manager for Mollydooker WinesThis year is like the previous 6 years, in that it has shown an extreme of some sort. This year (so far), we are in the grip of a 1 in 1000 year drought( meaning subsoil so dry it breaks the teeth off an excavator), which has lead to being frosted in Pathway and the hills above McLaren Flat (and elsewhere) and then a crazy January, which has had a record number of 40+ C (104F) “heat spike” days followed by fairly cool days, totally confusing the vines. The upshot is that after last years fairly wet Spring and early summer, which encouraged the vines to set lots of bunches for this year, the dry conditions this year has resulted in lots of “hen and chicken’ or berry loss, with restricted berry size on the survivors. Then, just as the better quality vineyards were starting to change color (“veraison”) with the small berries softening, we got 3 inches of rain which caused a bit of berry splitting. Fortunately that’s since dried up with no disease. The good news is that the smaller berries this year will probably result in higher levels of color and flavor concentration; the bad news is that there looks to be less of it to go around (even tho’ we took on 4 new vineyards this year). Droughts in this country are usually broken by floods, which I’m praying will happen AFTER harvest, but not too long after! Having reflected on our situation, I’m sure this rough trot with the weather has everything to do with the fact that the vineyard team of Big Pete, Mr. Elsworthington, Dutchie & yours truly are all Mollydookers, except for me. What a burden, but then, who’d want to be a farmer. Leigh Gawith |
Mollydooker 2007 Vintage Tasting August 23, 2008 Little Silver, New Jersey $100 per person Click Here to Purchase Tickets Sarah & Sparky are coming to NJ for all their fans and at the same time holding a benefit for The Wellness Community. Buy your tickets today!
|
|
|
Copyright © 2006 Connecting People Who Love Shiraz & Great Red Wines
Home | FAQs | Contact | | Feedback | | Sitemap Australian Shiraz - Shiraz Wine Articles - Carnival of Love - Enchanted Path - Mollydooker Winery
|
||
