Beginning of the red harvest

It was a pleasure to meet up this morning with our « small » team of harvesters, who left just ten days ago, after the completion of the white harvest.
They have come to start picking our earliest plots of Merlot, which are very healthy and showing excellent ripeness and concentration!
Today, we are also picking the Plantey parcel, which was replanted to Cabernet Franc 3 years ago, after the plot had been fallow for 5 years. We believe that this grape variety could in the future play a more important role in the blending of our wines. So, even if the grapes will not make the Grand Vin -or the Second Vin- for several years, we will follow their evolution with great interest!
The weather forecast for the next few days is very good allowing us to unhurriedly start the harvest.
We are going to take a break this weekend, so that our remaining Merlot plots can benefit from a little extra ripening, and then we will resume on Monday.