The 2018 vintage: It’s certainly starting to look like some dropping of fruit will be required in places. I counted some vines with 16 bunches – that’s almost as much as the worst I saw in 2017 – 18 – and I’m sure I could have found vines with more if I’d been patient.

I remember Benjamin Leroux telling me last December that he doesn’t like to green harvest, it clearly being better to start with the right number of buds – but sometimes nature does its own thing – in 2017 he did his first green harvesting since 2002. It looks on the cards again, if not for him, certainly for some vignerons in parts of Morey…
 

Now that’s, potentially, a lot of yield…

Above Clos St.Denis

Aligoté chez Ponsot

Château Ponsot…

Charles Lachaux’s heart-shaped Latricières

Baby Latricières with Lalou to look up to…

Charmes-Chambertin

Charmes-Chambertin looking towards Latricières and Chambertin

Charmes-Chambertin