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NAPA, Calif. – A historically stormy winter followed by a relatively cool spring and summer pushed Napa’s grape harvest well into fall leaving the fruit susceptible to autumn storms and chills, winemakers said that waiting game has so far paid off in terms of quantity and quality.
“More typical in Napa Valley is a longer growing season where we may still have 5-10% to harvest in November,” Truchard said. “This year, due to a wet winter and spring earlier this year followed by a cooler summer, that number could be as much as 15-20% still to harvest in November.” Napa has seen a shorter growing season with lots of sun and heat in recent years, according to John Anthony Truchard, founder and CEO of John Anthony Family of Wines.“The reason harvest is late is we’re waiting for the sugars and physiological ripening of the grapes,” Truchard said. “Sugar accumulation is easy to measure and is purely quantitative. ‘Ripeness’ is an art, a stylistic choice of the winemaker.
“This is something Napa doesn’t have a lot of experience with,” Truchard said. “Should this happen, the best solution is to pick immediately. The frost would break the cell walls of the grapes down and if you were to let the grapes stay in the field too long after the frost, the berries would start fermenting on the vine, which isn’t ideal.”
Truchard said he hopes the fragile balance of sun, shade, heat, cold, rain and humidity will culminate in exceptional wine for vintage 2023.
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