We had an unusually damp summer and only a few hundred degree days this
year. My grapes are all starting to sweeten, but I am seeing a little
powdery mildew. On 99% of the bunches, the color is good and no damage but
the little undeveloped bunches that sometimes develop when a fruiting cane
branches are really ugly. Shrivelled and moldy. A few (out of 300 vines)
have shed leaves on the bottom half of the canes, but the fruit looks fine.
I use a close spacing (4 x5) and have to hedge to keep the vinyard open. The
obvious powder on the leaves is only in the heaviest, dampest areas, and
there you definitely smell the mildew, and I smell it in the bunches too,
although that could be imaginary. They look fine, nice color, plump full
berries etc. My question: Is this wine going to get a musty /moldy taste?