Interesting article that was shared by @Adam_Lee on FB earlier today written by Lisa Perrotti-Brown for the Wine Independent.
A couple of pertinent tidbits from the article:
“We are not making any wine from the 2022 vintage,” Tod said frankly. “No Dominus, Napanook, or our third label, Othello. The heat was too extreme; we lost color and flavor. In 2022, we had misters for about 25% of the ranch to cool the fruit zone. Even in those blocks, it wasn’t sufficient in 2022.”
Dominus is the first major Napa estate to declare they won’t make wine in 2022, and from what I’ve been hearing, they may be the only estate to do so. There’s a lot of frantic back-blending happening right now in Napa as higher-yielding, fresher 2023 wines (from a considerably cooler vintage) are incorporated into the 2022 Napa blends. (Legally, 5% of another vintage can be added.) Many wineries have been holding back on showing their 2022s as barrel samples while deliberating over difficult decisions considering quality, style, and financial pressure.