Olivier BERNARD : start for young sémillon at Domaine de Chevalier.
We entered the second week of white harvest (started Sept. 10), and were cutting this morning our first Semillon in young vines.
As says Rémi Edange: "the first half was worrying, the second half is amazing"
After three weeks of beautiful summer weather, we wanted a bit of rain to refresh and hydrate the vine. And this
Welcome to the Rain ! Sept. 17
Welcome Rain arrived last night, bringing a ten millimeters of water and big smiles on the faces! The ripening continues ...
We still have about one week of picking in white plots.
Quality of the juice in barrels, splendid fruits that await us in the vineyard and good forecast for the coming days: We are absolutely sure of a very great vintage in dry white with fantastic balance !
some words about reds :
We also are sure of top ripening and success with merlot.
We have to wait another 2 weeks of good forecast to insure Cabs.