Described as dynamic and rich in flavor, the 2024 vintage captures the unique character of Napa Valley, blending boldness with elegance.
It was a textbook year for winemaking, yet it was also unusual for the numerous days of heat during the growing season. Key to the success of the vintage was heavy winter rain that set the vines up for success.
The winter rains saturated the soil and laid a foundation for healthy vegetative growth. The resulting natural shade canopy protected the crop through the expansive summertime heat from June through harvest.
For winemakers, it was a low stress year as everything came in as expected, yet it was also compacted which required the flexibility and collaboration of vineyard and winemaking teams over long harvest days. Most of the grape harvest took place a night with early morning delivery to the crush pads.
The sparkling wine harvest took place from early August to early September. Still wine varieties began in mid-August and wrapped up by mid-October.
Read the “Vintage Tracker” updates from 2024.
– “2024 is electric. Analytically, 2024 had high malic acids, high titratable acidities, low pHs, coupled with some of the highest sugars for which I have waited. One of the most primal, and difficult to describe features was the utter transparency and precision of the wines. There was purity that, as we tasted through our tanks, hit the plexus like a cord resonating from a perfectly tuned musical instrument.
While it is a professional pet-peeve to pigeonhole a vintage before it’s even gone through malo, in the balance, it is important to take a pause and name the defining features while they are still vivid. The Napa 2024 vintage is the most beautiful I’ve ever taken part in.” – Diana Snowden, Snowden Vineyards
– 2024 Vintage: First Take by Snowden Vineyards
– Harvest 2024 – A Northbay Halftime Report by Adam Lee
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2024 Napa Valley Vintage Report by Somm TV
It’s official: the first picks of Harvest 2024 in Napa Valley started this week. This year Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, destined for sparkling wine, and Sauvignon Blanc, picked for a vibrant, crisp style of white wine were picked on the first two days of harvest in Napa Valley. “We want to pick when the acids Read the full article…
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We recently went to Yountville to catch up the Taylor Abudi, viticulturist at Markham Vineyards in Napa Valley, to see where the 2024 vintage is headed. It looks like we have a break in the summer heat for a while which is really good for flavor, ripeness and tannin development over the next few weeks. Read the full article…
Last week we caught up with Nile Zacherle, winemaker at David Arthur Vineyards, to discuss what the whole valley is starting to see in the vineyards – Veraison! Nile explains that this is an ideal time to drop fruit for even ripeness and grape quality. For more about David Arthur Vineyards, visit https://napavalley.wine/makers/wineries/David_Arthur_Vineyards
Hope Goldie – Vice President, Winemaking at Darioush in Napa Valley – met up with us in the vineyard last week to check in on the 2024 growing season in Napa Valley’s wine country. Hope is farming with a little more canopy this year to give the grapes just a little more sun protection as Read the full article…
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