2024 had a drier spring than the previous three seasons though heavy January rains contributed to a late fight against downey and powdery mildew. All was saved by  a great big  heat spike of 39C on January 27th that sealed our victory over mildews for another year. We then had a drier than usual autumn that yielded really clean fruit of excellent concentration with flavours that built languidly over a long dry March. The chardonnay bunches were small but with an excellent flavour spectrum ranging from yellow flowers to dried mango. The pinot noir crop was slightly larger and showed great structure and concentration with small amounts of shrivel creeping in from the dry March. Definitely unusual for us, but it leant the wines an intensity uncharacteristic of South Gippsland generally, but definitely marking 2024 as a vintage with a little more density.