The 2024 season in Tasmania started cold and wet, building a solid foundation with strong, healthy and generous bunch numbers. Plant growth was slow due to the cool conditions all the way up until just prior to flowering, when some well-timed heat spurred the vines along. Flowering was late but consistent. Lots of shoot and crop thinning was done throughout the season, as well as some extensive leaf plucking due to the cool conditions. It was a very mild summer, with only a few days reaching over 30 degrees Celsius at the vineyard, which meant a long and slow ripening. The grapes were picked late for our vineyard, coming into the winery in late April.