Pinotage After Dark

Our Pinotage grapes came in late this evening, and will be crushed tomorrow at first light.

The 2007 Amador County Pinotage harvest was challenging this year, with yields being very low. Given the already limited product availability and the low field yeilds, we were fortunate to secure 2000lbs of Pinotage fruit. The berries are very small, and the flavors seem good. As we said before, Piontage is a fairly new wine for California, but a real up and comer.

Harvest came early for all varietals this year. Spring came early and there was no frost, so it seems everything is coming out of the fields very quickly. Some vineyards in our area will be completely harvested before Halloween, which is very unusual. But the quality of the fruit seems to be very good across the board.