- 2010
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Just as the Summer of 2009 (which resulted in a great vintage) was fine, so the following Winter will be remembered as being hard with very low temperatures in December and February 2010; for instance, during the night of 19 December, temperatures dropped to around minus 20°C causing frost damage in some plots and there was heavy sleet in February. In fact Burgundy experienced a real Winter, cold, snow and dull with below normal sunlight during the first two months of the year.
- 2009
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After several mild winters, the 2008/9 winter season was the coldest recorded since 1987 with January and February temperatures below normal; furthermore, winter precipitation was short following a relatively wet autumn, particulary in October with excessive rainfall.
Conditions improved considerably in MArch with a little rainfall and this mild weather continued into April, with more rain, accelerating early growth depending on the area and temperature variations.
The vegetation "green stage" is generally achieved around 7 April for Chardonnay vines and 15 April for Pinot Noir in Côtes de Beaune and around 21 April for our plots in Meloisey in the Hautes-Côtes; at this point in time we were 10 days ahead of 2008 and only a few days behind in relation to 2007.
- 2008
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Climatological conditions
The winter of 2007/8 was mild and with less precipitation than normal ; however, March and April were colder and wetter than usual which retarded vegetation growth.
Mild and sunny weather in the first half of May accelerated growth of the vine and on the plots of whites on the domain, debudding started on 5 May.
There was heavy rain at the end of spring and the first half of June was cold which retarded flowering: this occurred more or less during the second half of June and was finished in the Hautes Côtes at the end of the month but it was this difficult period which caused less and smaller grape berries.
- 2007
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Climatological conditions
This season consisted in a mild autumn and winter with vegetation in advance, early April. Debudding started on 19 April in summer-like conditions. Flowering commenced early May but was then retarded by a cold and wet period; as from 20 May a very sunny period followed which accelerated growth with the Hautes Côtes slightly behind.
The advanced growth continued until the closing time of the grape clusters indicating that harvesting could be anticipated around mid-August ie. Even earlier than in 2003.
This forecast changed with a cold and wet summer necessitating great care on account of the high risk of disease.
As from mid-July at the earliest (Beaune Grèves) the grapes started to change colour and this stage finished at the latest mid-August.
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