Taste history with our Classic Tasting Case
What's in a year? As you most likely know, the quality of a wine is heavily impacted by the climatic conditions of the year in which it was made. Simply put, the weather affects the quality of the grapes, significantly.
A wine producer is seeking, year on year, conditions which will allow optimal ripeness for their fruit, and, lest we forget, wine is of course, a fruit juice. You can't make good wine from bad juice and you can't make good juice from bad grapes.
So the weather plays a fundamental role in making wine. Indeed, even going back a say twenty years, where summers were on the whole just a little cooler, pre recent global warming, top quality years were a little fewer and further between.
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 all lacked maturity and fully ripe fruit, and the wines were a little less full, some even a little green and vegetal.
But a winemaker will also tell you that there is no such thing as a truly bad version of his beloved elixirs, and all should be considered on their merits, and not their weaknesses, somewhat akin to a loving parent. We'll look more into how weather impacts vintages in a later email, but the best way to get to know vintage wines, or get to know more specifically our vineyard & winemaker, is to try out or extremely limited six vintage tasting packs- six different vintages and versions that will astound and seduce you and leave you craving more.
Regarding our wines in the tasting case :
If you're curious about other vintages, including those that have sold out, explore the weather details below:
If you'd like to learn more about older vintages, feel free to reach out! We're always happy to chat and share more about this fascinating journey through the years.