Kinkead
Ridge 2004
Vintage Report
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2004 Vintage Report As I write this (pre-Christmas), the dust has settled on a successful harvest. The resulting wines are just beginning to show their mettle and without exception, in quality, they match or exceed the best we have produced. Good weather at bloom time and use of my vigor reduction/yield balancing system gave us a bountiful crop, so quantities will not be limited. In the cellar, our new crusher/destemmer (with modifications) improved our white wines especially. We, as always, continued to experiment with yeast, cooperage, fermentation regimes and cellar processes in order to maximize quality. In short, while 2004 was not the "vintage of the century" it came close wnough to allow us to make some fine wines. Ron Barrett, Winegrower/Partner Click any picture to enlarge it; use the right mouse button to "Save Picture As" to your disk
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