The vines were harvested between Thursday, August 27th and Thursday, September 10th. 12 intense and rich days, with their nervous breakdowns and beautiful surprises.
The first and by far the most interesting conclusion: the earliest vintage behaves in many ways like an autumn vintage. As if Nature had indeed shifted by one month since the thunderous entry into spring/summer at the end of March…
The 2020 bubbles are on their way, Hors-sujet is in jars, the devatting of the reds is completed and the fermentations continue, serene and peaceful in white and rosé. A vintage that gives all the more joy as it was not won! Gathering 80 people over 2 weeks at the time of the clusters and the hydro-alcoholic masks and gel was a challenge. Furious desires for a harvesting machine slipped into our nightmares…
The pickers, from here and elsewhere, came with their courage and good humor; they left their various viruses at home, and allowed us to harvest a comforting harvest, little impacted by the two small hailstorms in June, and which brings us a beautiful serenity.
