A collection of images from this week – the obligatory bud-burst picture above from today in Mâcon-Cruzilles – so chardonnay. Cruzilles is a relatively cool spot, so not so advanced as Meursault, for example. Versus an ‘average year’ the vines are about 10 days ahead so far in 2017. I toured some of the vines with Emmanuel Guillot-Broux and found the horse working in a parcel of Cruzille called Le Chassagne – nothing to do with the Côte d’Or, rather old French for the oaks at the top of the hill – les chênes…
Moulin aux Moines
Vin de France in Auxey…
Moulin aux Moines
Moulin à Vent…
Moulin à Vent…
Moulin à Vent…
Mâcon-Cruzilles Le Chassagne
Mâcon-Cruzilles Le Chassagne
Friday afternoon’s tasting…