Vintage Reports, Years: 2001

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2001 vintage report for Pemberton (Western Australia)

‘Once again a very good vintage,’ said Patrick Coutts, president of the Pemberton Wine Region Association. Yields appear to be up significantly on those of the low-yielding 2000 vintage and are similar to yields of the 1999 vintage, if not slightly higher. ‘Reasons for the increase include the bi-annual fluctuations in yield from young vines. […]

2001 vintage report for Padthaway (South Australia)

Padthaway’s excellent season started with a good budburst. Good rains throughout the spring gave vines a great start and saved a lot of irrigation. Only two minor frosts were experienced in spring and these caused no damage to vines. A shorter than usual flowering period with warm and calm weather gave excellent fruitset in most […]

2001 vintage report for New England (New South Wales)

Richard Clementson, president of the New England Winegrowers Association, said the region had experienced unusually hot weather in late January, when temperatures reached the high 30s, followed by 300 mm of rain the next week. This led to a drop in yield of about 40% compared with last year. These conditions also contributed to an […]

2001 vintage report for Murray Darling (NSW/Victoria)

The forecast oversupply of grapes did not eventuate due to low yields, which were down 10% on the previous year. Excessive heat in the summer ripening period reduced berry size and hence yield across all varieties. Grieg Greenwood, former CEO of the Victorian and Murray Valley Wine Grape Growers’ Council, said spring rain and thundery […]

2001 vintage report for Granite Belt (Queensland)

Tony Comino, president of the Granite Belt Wine Industry Association, said the season had distinguished itself by being particularly dry from budburst until the end of January, which favoured flavour development in all varieties. From the beginning of February there was widespread rain over a period of 2-3 weeks, with falls ranging from 7 to […]

2001 vintage report for Grampians (Victoria)

Peter Leeke, chairman of Grampians Winemakers, reports good fruit quality throughout the Grampians region. Volume was down about 10%, due to frost in October and dry conditions in December and January, but quality was up. Peter said Shiraz ripened early, and Cabernet Sauvignon was one of the last to ripen. Both varieties exhibited good pH, […]

2001 vintage report for Goulburn Valley (Victoria)

The 2001 Goulburn Valley vintage was generally regarded as being successful in spite of summer heat extremes, with reports of average to exceptional quality fruit being received at all wineries, according to John Beresford, secretary of the Goulburn Valley Wine Association. The season commenced with abundant opening spring rains coinciding with budburst, followed by a […]

2001 vintage report for Maryborough (Victoria)

Margaret Flowers of the Maryborough Regional Winegrowers Association said generally everyone was pleased that the harvest turned out as well as it did after the frosting in October/November and the bird damage. Crop levels were down and this seemed to be typical of the region. ‘A little botrytis got into the grapesùnaturally not appreciated for […]

2001 vintage report for Margaret River (Western Australia)

Weather conditions for the 2001 vintage featured the driest growing season on record; this however, led to good, even budburst and flowering and vintage commenced about a week earlier than normal. Sue Jackman, chief executive officer of the Margaret River Wine Industry Association, reports that the region had a near perfect ripening season with generally […]

2001 vintage report for Manjimup (Western Australia)

The driest summer on record in the region affected some non-irrigated vineyards; however, although very dry the summer was quite cool. Peter Nicholas, president of the Manjimup Wine Region Association, said the region had suffered possibly the lowest ever levels of powdery mildew and botrytis.Vintage appeared to be about two weeks early but a cool […]

2001 vintage report for Macedon Ranges (Victoria)

Vintage started early for some growers in the Macedon regionùfor example Rochford Wines had their earliest vintage ever, while for others vintage timing was normal. Vintage across the region lasted from the first week of April to the middle of May. Alan Cooper, president of the Macedon Ranges Vignerons’ Association, reports that yield was average […]

2001 vintage report for Langhorne Creek (South Australia)

Langhorne Creek picked its largest vintage ever, said Lucy Roberts, secretary of the Langhorne Creek Wine Industry Council. The yield of both reds and whites was up significantly on the poor vintage yields of the previous season, with yields up 20-30% on the norm. Lucy said much of the increased production in 2001 was due […]

2001 vintage report for Lachlan Valley (New South Wales)

Vintage started on 21 February, late by 2-3 weeks for whites, early by 1-2 weeks for Cabernet Sauvignon. John Saleh of the Lachlan Valley Grapegrowers said it was generally a better season, with no frost damage in Chardonnay and little disease pressure, particularly in the reds compared with last year, and yield increased by 25%. […]

2001 vintage report for Kyneton-Metcalfe (Victoria)

Kyneton Vignerons Association vice president Alan Stevens said the region’s winemakers were looking forward to an exceptional vintage of reds because of the favourable weather pattern over summer and autumn. Yields increased by 10% over the previous year due to warm dry weather with little wind in the December fruitset period. Some rain in early […]

2001 vintage report for King Valley (Victoria)

Vintage started on 18 February with sparkling wine varieties, followed by white varieties in early March and reds through to early Mayùthe normal timing for the region. Yields were generally average for most varieties this season, said Richard Carson, president of the King Valley Grapegrowers Association. Some rain during February caused some problems in the […]

2001 vintage report for Kangaroo Island (South Australia)

Vintage in this very new region began in late February and was up by 30% on last year, due to an excellent berry set, heavy spring rains and the result of a further year of growth on young vines. The total tonnage this vintage was approximately 200 tonnes. Warm sunny days with no rain during […]

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