And that’s a wrap for Vintage 2024. After thinking it was going to be an early vintage, turns out it was pretty normal!
The first to be picked this year was the Chardonnay from our newly reworked grafted block. All the newly grafted blocks require handpicking in their first year of production so as not to damage the graft…….. so, a lot more handpicking than normal this year.
The first week also saw us pick some Riesling, a bit of Shiraz and Tempranillo for our new Rose’. It was certainly a busy start to vintage.
Handpicking joy!
The vintage has been amazing and the quality fantastic, but it has not passed without some stress along the way! We dodged a couple of fires and subsequent smoke in the area, a ridiculous amount of rain in 48 hours and the usual attack of the wildlife! Kangaroos and Wallabies have been hungry again this year, but we also had to deal with birds who were out to do their worst!