Outstanding vintage wines of 2010

2010’s vintage has resulted in some outstanding wines.

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3rd August, 2012

From the start, big things were predicted of the 2010 vintage. After a dismal January, the weather settled in February, drought spread and the grapes basked in unusual warmth and dryness right through into the key harvest month of April. The outstanding wines now on the shelves reflect more than just that Indian summer. In 2010, the vines yielded an average of eight tonnes of grapes per hectare – the lowest cropping rate since 2005. Grapes from shy-bearing vines typically yield the finest, most flavour-packed wines. In Hawke’s Bay, Vidal praised 2010 as ...

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