Monday 27 September 2010

Last news before picking

27/09/2010 : The last rainfall of last thursday and friday (sept 23 and 24) gave us 13 mm of water which realease the vignes from drought at the door step from the picking. I already noticed that the last rain started to tender the skins of the berries and make them growing bigger which is a good sign. Since last friday (sept 24), the temperatures dropped down and should stay at a low level all this week with minimum T° of 5°C and maximum T° around 21°C which is about 5 degrees lower than the average. This is not going to speed the maturity of the grappes. It looks like the picking day is going to be later than expected. Some heat would help the maturity to come quicker; instead we need some more time.

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