About Vintage 2007

The 2007 Vintage in Australia has been one of the most challenging in memory. It started out badly when severe spring frosts over wide areas of South Eastern Australia caused severe damage to many vineyards.

Widespread drought over several years means that soil moisture levels in many vineyards are very low and there is little or no water for irrigation.

Several wine regions were shrouded by smoke from bushfires. Smoke caused problems in previous vintages; the full extent of the damage to wine quality in 2007 is not known.

Unusually high summer temperatures has also caused grapes to ripen earlier. In very high temperatures the ripening process can be disturbed with detrimental effects on quality. Growers have reported that vintage dates for early and late varieties have been compressed, leading to scheduling problems in picking and processing.

It’s not all doom and gloom. Some regions, and some particular sites were not effected by the factors above. The effects were not the same over all varieties, there has been a mosiac of different effects even within the same region.

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