08 October 2021
Yesterday we brought in our young Petit Verdot vines
Forty crates, 500 kilos of grapes. Not bad at all in the end on this plot of under 30 ares.
The skins were nicely ripe. We wouldn't have gained anything by waiting, even if the malic acid is high. But that is often the case with Petit Verdot.
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