2024 marks our 16th vintage growing and producing Mourvèdre from our Frankel Family Estate. The vines have matured and are now give us stable flavors, with dependable fruit-driven aromas and rich/savory bouquets. The vines are trained by vertical shoot positing with left and right cordons. Typically, we get 4-6 spur positions per side with 2 buds per on each spur. We suffered from frost in 2024 and therefore the crop was much less than we normally produce. We spent extra time in the vineyard with cluster thinning, leaf pulling and even dropping the wings/shoulders of the clusters. The vineyard soils range from clay-loam to some areas with more sand and gravel sections. The soils are well drained and we hand weed four times a year, keep up a pristine and clean look in the vineyard. The fruit ripens very slowly and historically Mourvèdre is one of the last grapes to be picked. 2024 saw a HOT summer and HOTTER Fall enabling us to harvest earlier than the usual.