Old Vines

The hang time, the ability to stay on the vine longer ’cause the weather’s cooler – we don’t have to rush out and pick because the weather’s too hot – that kind of nice end of the season is where you really get full flavor development, intensity of fruit, and length on the palate, which are the three kind of hallmarks of great wine.

The decision about when to harvest these grapes is by far the most important decision I make as a winemaker every year. And to get out there and to stomp around the vineyards, to do your own sampling, to taste the grapes on the vine, to look at the canopy, to look at the health, you can really start to gain a picture for what you might choose to do in the winery in terms of extraction and the amount of time it’s gonna spend in a tank what barrels it’s gonna go into. Everything we see and taste in the vineyard reflects on what we do in the winery.” – Owner/Winemaker Adam Campbell