Rainy first part of winter, with temperatures in the normal range of season, a mild month of March which leads to an early bud burst. Two episodes of threatening frost in the month of April ultimately have very little impacted the Gruaud vineyard which took advantage of its proximity to the Gironde. A wet spring with a high frequency of precipitation left think that Mildew was going to reappear, but the drought of the months of July and August generated unfavorable conditions for its development. A few heat waves and drought interrupted by “summer storms” have made it possible to control water stress until the harvest. An episode of rain the weekend before the harvest revived the metabolism Cabernets and allowed them to seek optimal maturity during that the earlier Merlots were harvested.

Reasoned control (tillage, organic fertilization), meteorological station (phytosanitary protection), prophylaxis (splitting, stripping, pickling, green harvest). Raising of the trellising of the vines. Manual harvest, sorting of the harvesting on belts in the vineyard and double sorting upon reception of the harvest. 100% of the surface is managed according to the principles of Organic Agriculture and Biodynamic. The property has been in organic conversion since the vintage 2019. The vineyard is managed with totally respectful agronomic methods of the environment. ( Establishment of hedges, grassing, pastures by sheep).