Vintage Reports, Years: 2010
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2010 vintage report for Granite Belt (Queensland)
Supplied by Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc. Growing season: A warm, dry spring led to early budburst and fruitset. Bunch numbers and berry size were reduced with the expectation of lower yields but good flavour. A number of vineyards experienced frost in late spring. Some of those that escaped this event were subject to […]
2010 vintage report for Tumbarumba (New South Wales)
Supplied by the Tumbarumba Vignerons Association Growing season: There were no major frost events this year which saw strong growth and a very even flowering across the region. Temperatures were below average throughout the spring and summer; this set the region up for some excellent fruit quality. Some untimely rain in early March did see […]
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 […]
2010 vintage report for Wrattonbully (South Australia)
Supplied by the Wrattonbully Wine Industries Association Growing season: The season began with full soil profiles due to above-average rainfall during late winter and early spring. July through to September experienced almost 100mm above the average rainfall for this period (230mm), a situation we have not seen in recent years. Rain fell regularly throughout the […]
2010 vintage report for Limestone Coast Bordertown
Supplied by Jeff Flint, of Wirrega Vineyards Growing season: Good winter rains and a dry October provided a strong start to the season resulting in good vine growth. There were no frost problems but a six-day heatwave in November sped up flowering which went from onset to 80% capfall in six days over all varieties, […]
2010 vintage report for Langhorne Creek (South Australia)
Supplied by the Langhorne Creek Wine Industry Council Growing season: Heat in November impacted fruitset in an otherwise excellent season; warmer than average with moderate conditions during ripening and low disease pressure. Vintage: It was an early start to vintage at Langhorne Creek, though on average for the latter part of this decade, with the […]
2010 vintage report for Currency Creek (South Australia)
Supplied by the Currency Creek Wine Region Association Growing season: The heatwave of November 2009 created a challenging event early in the growing season that had a significant impact on flowering right across the cool climate regions of South Australia. As with other regions, this heat affected any vines that were at the sensitive flowering […]
2010 vintage report for Clare Valley (South Australia)
Supplied by Clare Valley Winemakers Inc. Growing season: For the first time in several years, we had a wet winter with rains through spring which enabled the vintage to start with good sub-level moisture. Summer was hot and dry and we experienced a heatwave in November, which further accelerated flowering and fruitset. As a result, […]
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 […]
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