Vintage 2013

The 2013 vintage will be remembered as a late year with very low yields. Spring was dull and flowering late, with its share of coulure and millerandage. Fortunately, July and August were splendid, apart from a few violent storms accompanied by localised hail. September was a good month for ripening grapes, with very fine conditions at the beginning and end of the month. The grapes ripened slowly, which had a positive effect on their aromatic and phenolic potential. Yields were the lowest recorded since the 1950s.