​2019
​All things come in threes!

​For the third year in a row, drought and heat have driven this vintage. The late and cold spring caused a delay of about 10 days compared to a normal year. We came close to the disaster with a very cold week or night temperatures went down close to 0°C. In some areas, flowering has been disrupted causing run-off, reducing the amount of grapes.
With the beginning of summer, heat and then a heatwave settled. The delay of the beginning of season quickly filled up. The vineyard has suffered, it had to tap into its reserves until early August or we were fortunate to have two savvy rainy episodes. Then the heat settled again until the harvest and we harvested as in 2018 and 2017 under very summer conditions.
We started the harvest on September 12th.
We note, since these solar vintages, that the order of collection of parcels is no longer respected. Previously, we started with whites, then the second week the early reds and finally the third week was devoted to the later reds. But in recent years there is no longer any logic. We harvest white, then red, again white, some plateaux before the slopes. All this forces us to rethink our way of harvesting and asks us more and more staff to be very responsive.
The red wines are of remarkable intensity, the tannins are supple. Despite high degrees the juices are of a great freshness. The balances seem even better than 2018.
For the whites, at the beginning of November, fermentations are ending slowly and more quickly than last year. The lower sugar level favors fermentation and gives the wines a nice balance.