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THE VINEYARD

An intense five-week saga!

Sunrise at 7 a.m. on 16th September over our harvested Clos Vougeot vines!
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The new harvest began on 30 August in magnificent full blue moon could be seen behind the clouds...
weather, with healthy green foliage and above all ♦
wonderful golden grapes! This year it was the whites The sun was shining and the temperature was more
that ripened first – and what whites: Puligny-Montrachet than 30°C! Chassagne-Montrachet in Lormeau, then
Premier Cru Champ Gain began its harvests, which the adorable little high-altitude vineyard of Beaune La
proved to be superb, followed by our three Grands Montagne Saint Désiré. On the third day we attacked
Crus Chevalier-Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet and the first red grapes, in Côte de Beaune: Volnay Clos
then Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet. Perfect grapes, des Chênes and Ez Blanche. Ideal health and very
no sorting, quantity and quality in equal measure! A reasonable alcohol levels: 13° for the reds and 12.5°
very rare achievement! Another very cosmopolitan for the whites... We are nearing perfection!
team this year... ♦
♦ We began the three-stage harvest of our beloved Clos
For its third harvest, our ‘monopole’ vineyard Blanc on 6 September, a ‘monopole’ vineyard set at
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Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru Morgeot Clos 33 degrees among the great reds! Warmth made for
de la Chapelle offered generous, wonderfully golden happy harvesting. Sumptuous grapes, crates arriving
grapes. This large dual-colour plot would be harvested at the winery at a frenetic pace. Next came the presses.
in several passes, like Clos Blanc, as part of our pursuit The team was under great pressure! The aromas had
of perfect ripeness. On the second day, an impressive already emerged from the first fermentations of