2019 Napa Valley Vintage Summary Chart
2019 Napa Valley Vintage
A long, warm summer and mild finish to the season
The beginning of the 2019 growing season was defined by copious rainfall and late soil moisture. The long, warm summer saw very few extreme heat events, with foggy mornings setting the stage for vibrant and expressive wines. The long, relatively mild finish to the season, not without its moments of unpredictability, helped to preserve freshness and finesse in the fruit with abundant hang time teasing out great color, structure and soft tannins. Volume is looking to be about average to a little less than average. All in all, exceptional fruit with bright acidity and ample texture promises an amazing vintage.
Vintage Quotes
“The 2019 Cabernets are big, bold wines that show the extroverted side of Napa Valley. There are plenty of fabulous wines at all levels” – Vinous
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Vintage Chart
Vintage Videos
First Impressions of the 2019 vintage from Napa Valley
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Karen MacNeil discusses the 2019 Napa Valley vintage
TIM AND CARISSA MONDAVI OF CONTINUUM DISCUSS NAPA VALLEY 2019
Delicious, Incredible, Polished and Poised…
Winemakers throughout the valley couldn’t be happier with the 2019 vintage, currently aging in their cellars. Descriptions such as bountiful, fantabulous, fruitful, the best yet, fabulous, elegant, awesome, smooth, phenomenal, exceptional, brilliant, bodacious, purity, sensational, intense, classic, gracious, balanced and big are being used to describe a vintage we can’t wait to see evolve. Who Read the full article…
That’s A Wrap
The 2019 harvest season has come to an end. Wines from this year’s vintage are now quietly developing in cellars, and winemakers couldn’t be happier with the caliber of fruit from this year. “The quality of the fruit that has come into our cellars has been truly exceptional, with deeper color than anticipated, ample texture Read the full article…
Mild October Days Make for Ideal Ripening of Reds
Reds that have come across the crush pad and into tanks for primary fermentation are typically going through punch downs or punch overs, where the skins of the grapes are mixed back in with the juice, creating additional color, flavors and tannins. Sunny, warm days with cool nights are making for ideal ripening conditions for Read the full article…
Cabernet Has Arrived
Who said Mother Nature is predictable certainly not a Napa Valley winemaker! Warm late summer weather segued into a cooling trend in mid-September, with a touch of rain, all starting to show the beginning signs of fall. The result of the changes in weather? The picking of white wine grapes nearing is well underway and, Read the full article…
