What a lovely week – first, I love the 2024s that I’m tasting and secondly – the weather!

Whilst it’s been chilly and close to 0°C in the mornings, every afternoon touched 20°C. Even my jogging has been well-served by shorts and a t-shirt.

Of course, we’ve had, what just about everyone will was agree, was a proper winter season. Though the pessimists will certainly say that it was too short…

The cool/cold weather ended abruptly about 10 days ago and the countryside is already blooming – the trees, even the magnolias, are close to full bloom. Of course, the pessimists (again) only point to the fact that their vines are about 15 days ahead of the average – about 2 months ahead of the St.Glace – about the same as they experienced in 2020 and also 2021 – but those vintages brought two very different results.

The candles are largely stockpiled and waiting for deployment – April 8-10 has been a common timing for frost in recent years, and that’s still a long way off !!

This week in Chablis: