Vintage Reports, Years: 2010
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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 […]
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