Taylors Pass Vineyard Ian Buck 2016 Season in Review Mostly dry - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Taylors Pass Vineyard Ian Buck 2016 Season in Review Mostly dry year low soil moisture levels High bunch number and excellent flowering All blocks required crop thinning Higher than average tonnages at harvest Good


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Taylors Pass Vineyard Ian Buck 2016

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Season in Review

  • Mostly dry year low soil moisture levels
  • High bunch number and excellent flowering
  • All blocks required crop thinning
  • Higher than average tonnages at harvest
  • Good disease control, under high pressure

conditions

  • High quality clean parcels fruit at harvest
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Vineyard Pre Harvest

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Pinot Bunches Pre Harvest

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Tonnages 2016

  • Pinot Noir 42 Tonnes
  • Chardonnay 41 Tonnes
  • Pinot Gris 49 Tonnes
  • Riesling 113 Tonnes
  • Sauvignon 863 Tonnes
  • Total 1108 Tonnes
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Comparison

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This season

  • Relatively dry winter with a changeable

rainy spring

  • Pruning completed to a very high standard
  • Fewer than normal frost events
  • Good early season growth
  • Initial counts show another very fruitful

season with high bunch numbers

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Machinery Upgrades

  • Replaced the old Eole sprayer with new

recycling 3 row shrouded sprayer

  • Working well giving more coverage of the

vines and extending spray windows

  • Recovery rates depend on canopy size but

are currently averaging 30%, reducing chemical costs

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New Canopy Sprayer

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New Canopy Sprayer

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New Canopy Sprayer

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New Herbicide Unit

  • Replaced old unit with larger improved

model

  • Has shrouds to enable spraying in windier

conditions

  • Provides better undervine weed control,

reducing competition and stress on vines

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New Herbicide Unit

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New Herbicide Unit

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Recent Awards

Bragato Wine Awards

  • Gold SV Taylors Pass Pinot Noir 2014
  • Silver SV Taylors Pass Pinot Noir 2013
  • Silver SV Taylors Pass Chardonnay 2014
  • Silver SV Taylors Pass Sauvignon Blanc 2015

Marlborough Wine Show

  • Gold SV Taylors Pass Pinot Noir 2013

Air New Zealand Wine Show

  • Pure Gold SV Taylors Pass Pinot Noir 2014

Royal Easter Wine Awards

  • Gold SV Taylors Pass Chardonnay 2013
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Thank You