2013: small quantities of excellent vintage Port
After two exceptionally dry years, the winter of 2012-13 was wet with the heaviest rainfall recorded in March, all of which helped to restore ground water levels prior to the growing season. The spring was cooler than average and the growing season was slow to start but by early summer the vines looked exceptionally healthy after all the winter rain. Almost no rain at all fell in June, July and August and, although there were periods of intense heat, the summer was only marginally warmer than average. At the start of September grape maturation was still ten days behind the norm.