good rain over the winter 2010-11. two good snows. pruned later than ever mid march. some very severe pruning especially in syrah sprawl. very cool spring but everything went well. everything but syrah cluster thinned. there was frost in late may just a few hundred feet higher in the mountains. we missed it but vineyards up there had damage.
lots of attention to green drop and suckering in the grenache, mourvedre and counoise. syrah is still wild wild west. bit of a ghetto. we will get fruit from the 4 year old grenache, particularly north side. only token contribution from south side which has been slow to take hold.
franc de pied plants survived summer so far. the new grenache plantation had about ten percent loss. lots of work remains, terracing stone walls and especially getting a cover crop in before rains come. daunting.
today will be the first brix measure. installation of wasp traps
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