2009 Harvest - Joseph Cellars

It’s Monday September 21st and 2009 harvest has begun! We picked our first grapes of the year today 7.2 ton of Cabernet Sauvignon, looks like the total harvest will be 30 ton plus which equals about 3 ton per acre.

Our winemaker states “Fruit looks and taste great and the quality is high”.

Yield looks good this year thanks to our winemaker and vineyard manager’s decision to revamp the trellis system after we experienced the extreme heat and frost last year, it tends to get that way at the North end of the valley.

For the remaining grapes we will continue to walking the vineyard, sampling and checking the sugar levels or “brix” count so we pick at just the right time.