Vintage Reports, Years: 2002
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2002 vintage report for Langhorne Creek (South Australia)
The growing season was very mild and it was one of the coolest summers on record. Only a few days pushed the mercury above 35°C. The cool season, with little rain, meant disease was restricted to the odd spot of powdery mildew. This was of little concern and easily controlled. Ideal weather throughout March and […]
2002 vintage report for Lachlan Valley (New South Wales)
The overriding feature of the Lachlan Valley vintage was the late frost that occurred on 20 and 21 October, 2001. Vineyards exposed to the south-west and those on lower ground received moderate to severe frost damage while vineyards on lighter soil and slopes protected from the south-west received little or no frost damage. One vineyard […]
2002 vintage report for King Valley (Victoria)
Budburst occurred in mid to late September in the warmer areas and early October in the cooler upper reaches of the valley. Good early spring rains resulted in a high budburst rate and even shoot growth. Above average rainfall in October caused growers to be concerned about downy mildew, but vigilant monitoring and thorough spray […]
2002 vintage report for Kangaroo Island (South Australia)
Veronica Bates, manager of Bay of Shoals Wines on Kangaroo Island, said the winerys yields were down by 75%. She said cool weather prevailed through budburst, flowering and well into ripening, reducing yields. There was almost no sun, she said. It was continually cloudy for three to four months. Veronica described the quality as good […]
2002 vintage report for Hunter Valley (New South Wales)
Trevor Drayton, president of the Hunter Valley Vineyard Association, said the region experienced an excellent vintage in terms of quality, and yields were about average. The Semillon crop was about 20 to 25% up on last year while other whites were about average. Shiraz and other red varieties were down by 10 to 15%. Harvest […]
2002 vintage report for Hilltops (New South Wales)
Vintage started in mid February which was normal for the region, according to local spokeswoman Gail Norris. Gail said the yield was down by about 30% on last year due to late spring frosts and dry, then very wet, conditions during harvest. After the rain the weather during vintage was cool and dry, and there […]
2002 vintage report for Grampians (Victoria)
Bests Wines chief executive Viv Thomson and his forebears have grown winegrapes in the Grampians for several generations, but he has never seen a season like 2002 before. Firstly, I cannot remember the fruitset being as bad, and on top of that its the latest year I can ever remember, he said. Bests Concongella vineyards […]
2002 vintage report for Goulburn Valley (Victoria)
Vintage in the northern Goulburn Valley commenced in the final week of February, and not until the second week in March in the southern region in the vineyards around Nagambie. This was two weeks later than average. Overall, yields were down 40% and this was consistent across varieties and vineyards. Lower yields were generally the […]
2002 vintage report for Mudgee (New South Wales)
Bob Roberts, winemaker at Huntington Estate, said local yields were down by about 25% on last year. He said the quality of the reds would be within the top five best years over the previous 20 years. On the other hand, the quality of the whites was average with sound fruit and lower in flavour […]
2002 vintage report for Geographe (Western Australia)
The reduced yields experienced by numerous Australian wine regions extended to Geographe, where yields fell 10 to 20% but the quality of the fruit is excellent. Capel Vale winemaker Nicole Esdaile said mild and dry conditions in the winter, spring and summer, and wet conditions at flowering, led to uneven ripening and/or reduced fruitset. Nicole […]
2002 vintage report for Mount Benson (South Australia)
Plantings in Mount Benson now exceed 500 ha and more than 2,000 tonnes were processed by local wineries this vintage. The vintage produced outstanding quality wines. The Baume and natural acidity of the grapes was extraordinary and fruit was harvested at sugar and acid balances that have not previously been seen in the region. The […]
2002 vintage report for Geelong (Victoria)
Geelong had a generally significantly reduced tonnage for the 2002 vintage. Budburst was promising with good bud differentiation and excellent weather in October. However, cool and windy weather during flowering resulted in poor fruitset and adversely affected cell division in the grapes. The summer ripening period was cooler than average with monthly average maximums of […]
2002 vintage report for Mornington Peninsula (Victoria)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the summer of our discontent, said Cheryl Lee, executive officer of the Mornington Peninsula Vignerons Association. A mild winter saw a very early budburst with good fruitfulness apparent. But unfortunately, said Cheryl. The weather closed in at flowering and it was […]
2002 vintage report for McLaren Vale (South Australia)
The McLaren Vale vintage was a stunner despite lower than average yields in many vineyards, according to Jennifer Nicholl, marketing manager of McLaren Vale Winemakers. Poor set on most varieties from the cool windy spring as well as lower fruitfulness from the previous spring have left many of McLaren Vales vineyards with yields between 20% […]
2002 vintage report for Margaret River (Western Australia)
A very dry winter followed by early summer rainfall and cooler than average temperatures benefited the vines making fruit quality high. Yields were lower than last year in many vineyards, but the overall yield increased due to the number of vineyards coming into production. Variable fruitset occurred due to rains and wind at flowering. Improved […]
2002 vintage report for Manjimup (Western Australia)
The overall yield in Manjimup was down by 20 to 30% on last year. Early ripening varieties were down by 30 to 40%, but yields for the mid to late varieties were about normal. Vintage began in late March and the weather during harvest was cool and dry, and there were no real disease problems. […]
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