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January, 2019

The 2016 EMH Black Cat Cabernet is our 17th vintage, continuing the line of wine produced from single-vineyard fruit grown on EMH’s property. Budbreak occurred around March 12, with an exceptionally even budbreak pattern. Intense winter rains created a cover crop that measured 5 feet tall!
April was marked by rain every few days, which kept the frost at bay. Only four frost alarm nights were recorded in my area, which is positive in two ways: you get to sleep without hearing the artillery overhead of neighboring wind machines, and also knowing that without those frost alarms, you know that your crop is safe. Early May brought cool weather and some days of rain, which always brings the threat of poor set. Mid-summer was hot, with the first sign of veraison around July 10. The canopy protected the clusters from sunburn, and we decided to pick on September 3rd. On the early side for EMH, but not unusual.

The result of this work and worry (and excitement, otherwise, why do this?) was 6 barrels of Black Cat Cabernet. The flavors and color are what you would expect from this vineyard.