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Yates Family Vineyard
2010 Growing Season Notes
Each year is a journey being a farmer growing grapes in the world famous Napa Valley, especially in the hills on Mt Veeder. The 2010 growing season really did not support the whole idea of global warming. One of the coolest seasons in 30 years, we started out cool and wet with a late bud break and bloom by a couple of weeks. This did give us a hedge against any frost damage. Summer continued cool until September when the average high temps finally exceeded normal. A couple of heat spikes kicked harvest into gear which ended up a week or two later than normal for us. Fruit came in as very ripe with lower sugars which translated to lower alcohols. The wines are showing great structure, with soft tannins and almost black in color.