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
Coming soon
2024 Napa Valley Vintage Report by Somm TV
We get asked this question all the time: Is this year’s vintage later or earlier than “Normal”. It’s a harder answer than it might seem (what is normal?), so we asked Andrew Opatz, the Director of Vineyard Operations at Chappellet Vineyard to give us a quick update on where the 2024 vintage is compared to Read the full article…
Michael from St Supery discusses how good shoot (vine) growth leads to better ripeness and flavors in the grapes, leading to better wines!
As we all eagerly await veraison to start in Napa Valley, we asked Linda Neal of Tierra Roja Vineyards to explain their morning side canopy management vs their afternoon side canopy management. Here is Napa Valley, we know how to throw some serious shade.
We met up with Scott Young at his vineyards at Young Inglewood Vineyards last week and, while spring is always a scramble, he says they are all caught up and looking good and waiting for the next stage – veraison! Veraison is when the grapes stop growing in size and start to actually ripen into Read the full article…
Here in Napa Valley, where much of our vineyard work is done by hand and multiple touches in the vineyard are needed for grape quality, it takes a large team to get the wine to your hands. Here, 3 families are working hard together to bring you the highest quality wines that can be produced. Read the full article…
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