Certainly in the context of ‘greater Burgundy,’ it’s still early days in the 2025 harvest.

That said, some white domaines pushed hard and were already finished on Wednesday evening – but why the haste? It was a simple answer – rain !!

The forecast wasn’t promising, indeed it was actually suggesting very heavy rain and over multiple days. Overall, the rain was less than had been announced but some places still got a drenching overnight on Wednesday, leaving ‘sub-optimal’ conditions underfoot on Thursday. Nuits St.Georges saw nearly 50mm of rain, but Thursday and Friday were less wet than had been forecast, indeed Friday brought intervals with rays of sunshine…

Going forward, Saturday and Monday look like nice days, Sunday and Tuesday less nice. I start harvesting on Tuesday !!

There are still a number of important red domaines in Volnay to Beaune who are yet to start. Few are harvesting on the hill of Corton and relatively few have started in the areas north of Nuits. All are waiting for more phenolic maturity.

Areas already harvested show that the yields are good: Clearly a lot more than in 2024 but less than 2023. Geographically, I know of some picking for crémant in the area around Chablis and William Fevre started harvesting yesterday. For now, just the first, tentative, harvests in the crus of Beaujolais are underway. I plan to do some harvesting in Beaujolais too!

Before I get there myself, I can recommend to you the posts of Steen Ohman on Instagram !!

More to come, obviously…