Each year, Mother Nature plays a role in how our wines turn out. Jeffrey’s vintage summaries are as follows:
Vintage 2020
Our harvest was down dramatically due to a lack of rain in winter as well as through the growing season, plus some variable weather at critical times (flowering and set). The resultant bunches and berries were tiny (see pic). Fortunately, there was no fire close to us, so ...Read moreVintage 2019
The 2019 vintage was a game changer for Grosset Wines. The low winter rainfall resulted in the lowest yielding vintage for decades. In 2019, our wines are concentrated and intense with accentuated minerality; amply expressing their provenance while maintaining finesse and elegance. The wines equally reflect our ability to ...Read moreVintage 2018
Many years ago, Grosset planted the four estate vineyards each on very specific soil and rock profiles. With every vintage it becomes clearer that these have a unique resilience to changing seasonal conditions. This was not been more obvious than in the 2017 to 2018 season. The dry conditions ...Read moreVintage 2017
2017 was our third consecutive outstanding vintage and made 2017, 2016 and 2015 the best run of seasons we’ve ever experienced. The wines are beautiful expressions of variety, season and site. The 2017 vintage was a full month later than the previous two. It was almost European in character ...Read more
