I had to cancel a tasting I arranged in November with a redoubtable group of vignerons from the Mâconnais, because I needed a second operation on a finger that I broke last June. Note to self, keep your eyes on the ground, not the mountains, when running the trails 🙂

So this was when we could reschedule: A mix of (mainly) 2024s, some longer elevage 2023s – and even some 2022s and a 2021…

A mix of rain and sun, and dangerously close to 0°C in the mornings – one producer told me it was white in his vines on Monday morning. But the vines seem a little less forward here, compared to Chablis or the Côte d’Or, but still, reputedly, they are 15 days ahead of the average growth…

Wednesday, I could run in my ‘home mountains’ again – and, at least this day, I mainly kept my eyes on the ground in front of me 🙂