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Early July: We scarcely dare to say that for now, the grapes are in excellent shape! But we must remain vigilant and very careful. Our teams have been on the ground for several weeks now, looking for the slightest sign of disease and stress on the vine. June was especially…

Check out the tasting notes and scores of our 2022 “en primeur” wines! Please, follow the links below: Château La Claymore Château Flaunys Château Cilorn All of our wines

Frost in April killed our earliest buds. Then we have had an unseasonably warm and dry spring as well as summer heatwaves. That could have been fatal… however, the situation is not so bad. As a result, the production is quite low but this vintage should be nice to taste.…

First weekend in April, First frost Saturday, 02 April – Sunday, 03 April – Monday, 04 April Winter is back throughout the country which is not in and of itself a problem, but we have had some warm and sunny spring days on 20-25 March. The vines lying on the…

It was a particularly wet year. The winter was unusually mild whereas the spring and summer were relatively cool. A severe frost in April, and to top it off a strong attack of mildew in early June. So, what the 2021 vintage will look like? 08/04/2021:  Frost has arrived! Temperatures…

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2021 : here we are!  Winter pruning has been finished and we are now focusing our efforts on the new vintage: Tillage for adequate weeding in spring, use of compost to help crop growth when the bud breaks, hopefully within the next few weeks. Shoots will be attached in March…

The year 2020 is, to say the least, an unusual year in which the emergence of the Covid virus renders even the near future doubtful and uncertain, turning our habits upside down. Despite an unprecedented economic and social chaos we had to closely monitor the ageing conditions of our wines,…

As a result of the risks to health associated with Covid-19… We have all heard it many times unfortunately during the long weeks which we have just left behind.  Definitely an experience we won’t forget, and the coming days will be incredible and outlandish.  So many events deferred or cancelled,…

The Bordeaux wine region experiences large variations in temperature and global warming is now evident…. 2017-2018-2019 :  we have endured three successive years of mildew attack, frost and drought. Again this year the winter was mild with an early bud-break for the vines as a result, at least three weeks…