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A wine nearly ruined by Elaine, Vance and Gwenda. They are not disgruntled pickers or abstemious neighbours but three tropical cyclones, each of which threatened to create havoc in the region. As I said, someone upstairs likes this place, as all three turned away and did nothing more than toss down a little intermittent rain. Sadly, the same could not be said further north, where the full force of the weather Gods was felt. Prior to this, Janu...
Vintage 1999
Australia Vintage Report:1999 also had a dry winter in Australia, with average temperatures for all months. However, there were a considerable amount of drizzly days at harvest time, causing some headaches with varieties susceptible to Botrytis cluster rot, ie. Grenache. It cleared up and the wines produced were all closed and slightly below average intensity. They look better and better.
