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The winegrowing and winemaking year was full of surprises and extreme developments yet again. After a rather short winter, tha advance of ‘summer’ was quite abrupt as high temperature surprised us already in March and April, which resulted in rapid growth of lush vegetation. This situation caused minor issues during green work, which was then rather impulsive. Even after thinning by spring cutting, the vine yield remained very high. In some areas it exceeded the previous year by as much as 50%. Vegetation was shifted in time by as many as 3 weeks. The end of spring as well as the summer were characterised by high temperatures and dry weather. The vines reacted specifically by smaller yield of green mass and later by faster ripening of the seeds. At the end of August, the temperatures fell down in combination with rich precipitation, which stopped the ripening and over-ripening process and caused slowing down of the harvest. The grape content got diluted and growers had to wait again to achieve higher concentration of the desired refined substances. But the vine didn’t need to put more sugar into the grapes, as the seeds were physiologically ripe and able to sprout and the plants stopped their phase of ripening. So just like the viticulture season started early with an advance of several weeks, at the end of August, the development turned around in the opposite direction until the season timing was quite even. In some specific varieties, the harvest was even shifted a bit later compared the previous year.

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