Southern Tasmania experienced a good spring in 2014 which was not too wet, with flowering starting in the 3rd week of November. Following on from this was two consecutive weeks were the temperature cooled to around 10 Degrees overnight and reaching 20 degree averages during the day. We had a few intermittent drizzly days and consequently the flowers were slow to pollinate. The wet weather resulted in some vineyards having had up to 40% of non fertilized berries resulting in millerandage or (hen and chicken bunches) that contain berries that differ in size and maturity.
By the end of December the weather got warmer and this continued through to the third week of January. During the warmer weather the vineyard had a few days of good rainfall (92mm rain for December, 67 mm in January) followed by a dry February and March with temperatures in the low twenties.
As a result the vintage started early and at the end of February 2015 the first sparkling grapes were harvested under sunny and moderate temperatures.
The rest of the grapes slowly ripened bringing the fruit to maturity in early April. The final harvest of 2015 Pinot Noir took place on the 24th of April. The weather was clement thought the whole vintage with no rain at all.
The 2015 vintage volume is moderate with excellent quality, powerful flavours and attractive colour for the Reds.
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