3 Jun 2010 - Matt Dicey

Mt Difficulty Vintage 2010

Excellent concentration, with the hallmarks of both a warm and a cool season – ripe dark fruit co-mingled with red fruit and a splash of dried herbs! Excellent varietal definition in the white wines with lovely crisp acidities.

A nicely odd-ball vintage with warm conditions being over-ruled by ongoing winds and rapidly changing weather systems. Low initial bunch numbers coupled with the climatic variability led to yields being down by about 20% on average. A fantastic autumn helped bring the grapes through their last phase of ripening beautifully. Harvest was the latest we have ever experienced, with first fruit not being picked till the 8th April. The blocks which are typically early were late, whilst our later blocks were harvested about their normal timeframe and this led to a very condensed, compacted, busy vintage.