2008 Argentina (Mendoza) Vintage
A frost on 14 and 15 April 2008 affected most Mendoza vineyards before the 2008 harvest was finished.
No official harvest report from the period was found for 2008; this account rests on JancisRobinson.com's reporting. A wave of cold reached Mendoza on 14 and 15 April 2008, as relayed in July 2009 by Julia Harding MW from Philippe Rolet, general manager of Alta Vista. It caused a frost that affected most of the vineyards of the region while the harvest was not finished. The rest of the 2008 growing season, its yields and the style of its wines are not described.
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The 2008 season ran from spring 2007 through the autumn 2008 harvest. No official harvest report from the period was found from the INV, Wines of Argentina or Bodegas de Argentina; this account rests on JancisRobinson.com's reporting. In a harvest report published on JancisRobinson.com on 24 July 2009, Julia Harding MW passed on notes from Philippe Rolet, general manager of Alta Vista, in a section headed Mendoza, above 1,000 meters. The 2008 winter was preceded by several waves of cold. The first reached Mendoza on 14 and 15 April 2008 and caused a frost that affected most of the vineyards of the region, at a point when the harvest was not finished. No account of the 2008 spring, flowering, summer weather or yields is given.
- Frost: 14 and 15 April 2008, affecting most of the vineyards of the region
- Harvest timing: not finished when the frost arrived in mid-April 2008
- No official 2008 harvest report from the INV, Wines of Argentina or Bodegas de Argentina was found; this account rests on JancisRobinson.com's reporting.
- A wave of cold reached Mendoza on 14 and 15 April 2008 and caused a frost that affected most of the vineyards of the region, in a report published on JancisRobinson.com on 24 July 2009.
- The 2008 harvest was not finished when the frost arrived; the report came from Alta Vista general manager Philippe Rolet.
- The frost destroyed a great number of new plantings and produced defective buds on productive vineyards, which lowered the production of the 2009 vintage.
The April frost and the next vintage
The April 2008 frost destroyed a great number of the new plantings that had been established during the spring, and produced defective buds on productive vineyards, which lowered the production of the 2009 vintage. How the frost affected the 2008 grapes still waiting to be picked is not stated.
- New plantings: a great number destroyed by the April 2008 frost
- Productive vineyards: defective buds that lowered 2009 production
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See the Pivot+- 2008 Mendoza is thinly documented: no official harvest report was found, and the account rests on JancisRobinson.com's reporting.
- Frost: 14 and 15 April 2008, affecting most of the vineyards of the region while the harvest was not finished.
- Knock-on effect: the frost destroyed a great number of new plantings and produced defective buds on productive vineyards, lowering 2009 production.
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