Vintage 2011

Early flowering in the spring of 2010 has led to an early start for vintage – 9 days early, to be exact. We have seen consistent heat, especially during February, with the warmest days for four years culminating with a maximum of 39.7°C on Saturday 26th February. At the time of writing, the end of the first week of March, we are just slightly short of half way through vintage. Flavours and aromas of all varieties picked so far have been very encouraging and seem reminiscent of 1983. If that’s how the quality turns out, we’ll be delighted.