This vintage had more of a normal weather pattern. Unlike 2010 and 2011, the harvest proceeded without any significant rainfall. There had been fears of another short harvest due to cool weather in the critical months of April and May when bud development for the next year occurs. We need not have worried as a healthy crop was forthcoming. There was plenty of heat to ripen the 2012 crop and a long season to get everything picked at its optimal prime and through fermentation. Overall, the vintage expectation is for wines with robust flavor concentration. Fiddletown is nearly 200 feet higher in elevation than most of the other vineyards in Amador County's Shenandoah Valley. Situated in a bowl, the vineyards experience daytime high and low temperatures that are typically 5-10 degrees cooler than other vineyards, and have the longest growing season. The cooler temperatures help sustain beautiful, crisp acidity during the maturation process. Wines from the Fiddletown AVA tend to be bright and intensely fruity.
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