The sky was blue, blue, blue for our Saturday walking – the light actually a little harsh, but with super views over Nuits…
 

Newly (re)planted Hautes Côtes..

Le Côteau des Bois

Hand-trimming the vines…

Scratched legs await…

Today was the day – almost 10°C cooler than 2 days ago, but beautiful weather. Breakfast in Le Montrachet to give us enough strength – then 2 hours of walking…
 

Over Auxey vines towards Monthelie

Guess who’s vines to the left…

Trimming above Meursault

Meursault Les Chaumes

Above Meursault-Perrières

Puligny from up high!

Over St.Aubin vines towards Chassagne…

St.Aubin from up high!

Millions! They look nice but caterpillars eat all the box…

Our Route…

Sandy soil at the top of Meursault

Spray…

It’s not so much the lunchtime jogging that’s mad, as me trying to dodge the horseflies – with camera in hand! Yesterday’s round-trip taking in Puligny/St.Aubin/Blagny/Meursault and back to the car in Puligny:
 

Les Tremblots…

Les Enseignières

Vide-Bourse…

Wild thing – Lalou’s Criots…

‘Grand Montrachet’

Bâtard

Laguiche’s very expensively unplanted Montrachet

Over Sur Gamay towards St.Aubin

Over Les Chalumaux

Meursault-Charmes – and its tree – the village beyond…

But today was the Côte de Beaune, and it only rained during our long lunch:

Morgeot La Cardeuse

Le Montrachet

La Cabotte

Puligny hillside

Meursult Tessons

Meursault Tillets

To Pommard!

Which country are we in?

Firstly, in Gevrey:
 

Griotte-Chambertin…

Griotte-Chambertin…

Charmes-Chambertin (Aux Charmes)…

Bèze

Bèze

Bèze

Bèze

Pierre Virant…

Pierre Virant…

Pierre Virant with Clos de Lambrays in the background

Les Chaffots looking east…

Les Genavrières, looking east…

Over Chaffots to Morey…

Monts Luisants – fruit garden!

I had a look for flowers in one vineyard in Morgon yesterday and couldn’t find any – I assumed I was too early – it seems the opposite! After lunch in St.Amour and a tour through (Mont) Brouilly, Morgon and Fleurie we came to the Château Moulin à Vent for a tasting of a dozen producers’ wines and a little jazz-party:
 

Josephine’s garden

Mont Brouilly

View from Mont Brouilly, Ch de la Chaize to the left

Pizay

Pizay

Pizay

Ch Moulin à Vent

Moulin à Vent

Ch Moulin à Vent

Ch Moulin à Vent

Ch Moulin à Vent

Parc Bouzaise

(Bas du) Teurons

Left Grèves, right Teurons

(Sur les) Grèves

Over Grèves towards Beaune…

(Sur les) Grèves

Flower Power – (Sur les) Grèves

(Sur les) Grèves

Poligny is described as the capital of the Jura – the Comte cheese part anyway! Usually I pass through on my way to or from Home/Beaune – today the sun was shining, so what about some mid-morning coffee-drinking and cheese-buying?

Then a small tour from north to south in the Côte de Nuits before finishing with a cold drink in Beaune! The vines are starting to reach for the sky now – so fast is their growth – making the vineyards look much less tidy than only a week ago. Still, it’s a little too early for their first haircut!
 

Leroy’s Latricières

Team Jayer-Gilles in Echézeaux

Team Jayer-Gilles in Echézeaux

Team Jayer-Gilles in Echézeaux

Echézeaux – almost ready to flower

Romanée-Conti

Leroy’s Vosne Genevrières

Albert, who didn’t openly speak any English, looked at me, straight faced and said – ‘Don’t worry, we’ll give you your money back!‘ before bursting into a big laugh with perfect comic timing. It was my only meeting with him, but I retain fond memories of that day and him – even if I didn’t really get my money back 😉

Beaune : Albert Bichot est décédéhttps://t.co/NXoKXQiwmOpic.twitter.com/BB3R9efMIp

— Le Bien Public 🗞️ (@Lebienpublic) May 25, 2018