For this week’s photo journal, here are some bunches of grapes that you don’t often see: Bordeaux varieties bearing fruit and a splash of autumn colour. Atypical and rather attractive.
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This afternoon we brought in the last of the Cabernet Sauvignon (with Pavie above, just now) under a clear autumn sky. The same is true for many across Bordeaux as pickers and harvest machines were still out there, mostly bringing in the later ripening Cabernets too. Rain is forecast from tomorrow, giving us all a gentle nudge.
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Here’s this week’s unmissable photo journal of what’s been happening here. Having finished the reds for making rosé a couple of days before, the first parcel of Merlot destined for our red wine came in on Friday 18 September. The last block of Cabernet Sauvignon was brought in today, thanks in no small part to the grim weather forecast for tomorrow, 1 October, and the next few days.
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Here’s the photo journal of our harvest of the old Sémillon vines in Les Trois Hectares, accompanied by the usual smattering of domestic animals and the occasional family member.
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Here’s another midweek harvest update, and this time on our rosé. To avoid any confusion, the title refers to the timing of the harvest and is not meant as a drinking suggestion.
This morning, in fact, we completed the harvest of our red grapes for making rosé by bringing in some Cabernet Sauvignon. It’s the last of our holy trinity for making the pink stuff – the first two being Merlot and Cabernet Franc – and below is a photo diary.
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This was our 2020 Sauvignon Blanc harvest. There’s quite a stream of images to scroll through, and this cuts an even longer story short. Once the grapes are in you can easily forget what happened, so it’s part blog – remember those? – and part aide-mémoire.
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In our August review, we showed Sophie, daughter number two, hand picking our whites last week. Here, below, are some of the other members of the team.
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We kicked off the harvest for our whites this week. An early crop has been on the cards right from the off, though it’s always going to throw us a bit to fill the baskets and the press in August. After all, we’d been led to believe that the French, or the Bordelais at least, like to take the month off.
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We trust you are well and that a summer holiday isn’t proving too much of a challenge. Here it’s another scorcher – at the time of writing on the afternoon of Thursday 30th it’s just hit 40ºC, though just for one day with any luck.
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After the surge in home deliveries, it’s all go now for summer holidays. On that note, we’ve got a week free in our fabulous farmhouse, above, from Friday week – a little short notice, granted, but it’s a lovely spot for a change of scene. In September too, there’s a fortnight available during the Bordeaux harvest.
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