Vintage Reports, Years: 2010
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2010 vintage report for Hunter Valley (New South Wales)
Supplied by the Hunter Valley Wine Industry Association Growing season: Despite an early budburst, and an excellent ground water profile leading into September, strong winds during spring produced uneven flowering, resulting in lower-than-expected crops of intensely flavoured fruit. Veraison proceeded as normal around Christmas, indicating an on-time or slightly early harvest. However, warm weather coupled […]
2010 vintage report for Hilltops (New South Wales)
Supplied by Hilltops Inc. Growing season: The 2009-10 growing season began with much better subsoil moisture then weve had for the previous 10 years. The Hilltops area does not draw water from any river system and so is most reliant on natural rainfall events over the winter period to fill storage dams. We were able […]
2010 vintage report for Barossa Valley (South Australia)
Supplied by the Barossa Grape & Wine Association Inc. Growing season: The Barossa experienced its best rainfall in five years during the winter and spring of 2009, which filled most of the Eden Valley dams and provided good soil moisture for the onset of the growing season. Late spring was fairly mild with some moderately […]
2010 vintage report for Mornington Peninsula (Victoria)
Supplied by the Mornington Peninsula Vignerons Association Growing period: Following significant spring rain periods (above average rainfall in October and December) the growing season began early with vineyards growing extremely well with good vigour, strong canopies and very good vine health. Rain episodes occurred throughout the season at very useful stages ensuring healthy vine growth […]
2010 vintage report for Macedon Ranges (Victoria)
Supplied by the Macedon Ranges Vignerons Association Inc. Growing season: In the northern and eastern parts of the region: rain in spring and late summer provided an easy growing and ripening season with good fruitset; no excessive summer heat; no particular disease pressure; leaf cover at vintage was very high and there was still leaf […]
2010 vintage report for Grampians (Victoria)
Supplied by the Grampians Winemakers Inc. Growing season: Excellent late winter and spring rains were received. A warm spring resulted in early budburst and no frosts. A heatwave in November didnt affect canopy health and flowering looked okay. The heatwave in January affected some vineyards depending on soil moisture management. January and February were generally […]
2010 vintage report for Riverland (South Australia)
Supplied by the Riverland Wine Industry Development Council Growing season: The Riverland had a generally mild growing season that was interrupted by a heatwave in early to mid-November. The heat came at a critical time for berry development and berry set, impacting on yield. A smaller, less influential spell of heat arrived with the New […]
2010 vintage report for Goulburn Valley (Victoria)
Supplied by the Goulburn Valley Wine Association Growing season: Timely spring rainfall coinciding with budburst ensured vines had a healthy start to the 2009-10 season following yet another dry winter period. Temperatures throughout January and February were slightly above average with moderate rainfall. From 5-8 March, between 100150mm of tropical rain was recorded throughout the […]
2010 vintage report for Padthaway (South Australia)
Supplied by the Padthaway Grape Growers Association Growing season: Rainfall for the 2009-10 growing season was slightly above the long-term average (LTA). This had all growers excited as the past two seasons had been between 85-90mm below the LTA. Minimum temperatures only produced one or two frost events, depending on where vineyards were situated in […]
2010 vintage report for Adelaide Hills (South Australia)
Supplied by the Adelaide Hills Wine Region Inc. Growing season: Leading into September and just prior to budburst, winter rainfall was close to long-term average for most parts of the Adelaide Hills, resulting in soil moisture profiles being full. While temperatures remained cool in September, budburst on most varieties was in line with the long-term […]
2010 vintage report for Geelong (Victoria)
Supplied by the Geelong Winegrowers Association Inc. Growing season: Good rains fell throughout the season although not too much which led to a good growing season with little disease incidence. A warm start to spring caused budburst to occur a couple of weeks earlier than average. November was 3°C warmer than average which […]
2010 vintage report for McLaren Vale (South Australia)
Supplied by McLaren Vale Grape Wine and Tourism Growing season: Above-average rainfall in winter and autumn set vines up well with healthy canopies and allowed the soil to store water. Conditions since the mid 2000s have seen a trend of earlier budburst, flowering and harvest with shorter ripening seasons. The 2010 vintage was no exception, […]
2010 vintage report for Ballarat (Victoria)
Supplied by the Ballarat and District Vignerons Association Growing season: Good rainfall during September (75mm) and late November (95mm) gave a good start to the growing season. However, extreme heat in the first week of November affected flowering for some growers. The rainfall in March slowed the ripening of fruit but had no detrimental effect […]
2010 vintage report for Limestone Coast Robe
Growing season and harvest: The weather was reasonable for flowering with not too much wind. The growing season was good with an unusually warm spell in November which accelerated fruit development and brought forward harvest dates by two to three weeks. Frost was not an issue this vintage. Two significant rain events one in […]
2010 vintage report for Alpine Valleys (Victoria)
Supplied by the Alpine Valleys Vignerons Growing season: Vines coped well with early season high temperatures due to high soil moisture profiles following good winter rains. Whites were picked slightly early in late January and early February. February and March rains increased disease pressure but the cooler temperatures and extended ripening season produced lower yielding, […]
2010 vintage report for Limestone Coast Coonawarra
Supplied by the Coonawarra Grapegrowers Association and Coonawarra Vignerons Association Growing season: Winter rainfall in 2009 was above average, giving good soil moisture levels for budburst in early spring. Favourable conditions continued during spring with minimal frost and settled flowering conditions, allowing for excellent vine canopy development and fruitset. During November, much of South Australia […]
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