I’ve sent out a weekly photo journal since the start of our harvest in late August, with almost all of them having the same caveat: ‘sorry, we don’t sell these wines, or not today.’
So here is something rather original – a story with some pictures of another vineyard, the (mature) produce of which we can deliver (in the UK) next week.
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In last week’s photo journal, there were so many images of the châteaux and landscapes of Saint-Émilion there was no room for the neighbouring vineyards of Pomerol.
Today was a national holiday in France so I got up early and put this album together for our regular Wednesday missive. Pomerol is a fascinating appellation in so many ways, if only because – as far as the average wine drinker might be concerned – the price of the wines from the vineyards below varies between £30 and £3,000 ex-tax a bottle for the same vintage.
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We had so many kind comments about our photo journal of the famous châteaux of the Médoc last week, we thought it only fair to continue the story closer to home, in Saint-Émilion.
You may recall that a good friend in London is writing a book on Bordeaux and had despatched his photographer colleague Joakim to take some pictures of the vineyards.
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A Saturday afternoon in the Médoc and a trip down the famous Route des Châteaux.
The weekend before, a good friend in the London wine trade had written to say that he was writing a book on Bordeaux and did I have time to show his photographer around the famous vineyards. (Yep, one of those emails.)
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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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For the last four weekly missives, every Wednesday throughout September, I’ve posted a photo journal of our harvest at Bauduc (bauduc.com/news) for crémant, dry white, rosé and red. It’s high time we looked at what’s been happening across Bordeaux so here, again, is a long stream of images with a few comments.
All being well, I’ll be publishing my infamous ‘weather and harvest report’ on the vintage next week, and this will be stuffed full of fascinating data and charts, with objective analysis and the occasional opinion. 2020 saw an early season and harvest, with nearly all the red grapes being harvested in September.
For now, here are some photos of a few of those grapes coming in.
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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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