2011 is a fairly generous vintage. Indeed, nature decided to make up for the small volume produced in 2010 by a bumper crop. The year’s early springtime indicated that the harvest would kick off at the beginning of September, or even at the end of August in some sectors. But a gloomy and wet summer ended up confounding this forecast.
Luckily, the hot and sunny finish to the season offered a good harvest. Depending upon the parcels, these abrupt changes in climate resulted in the uneven ripening of the parcels. It was therefore necessary to take one’s time and to harvest the fruit little by little. The picking of the estate’s whites began at the end of September.
When it comes to the reds, the time period was longer, as the first grapes arrived in the cellar on the 22nd of September and the last ones were picked on the 22nd of October.
When tasted, the Syrah wines were already expressing plenty of fruit and crunchiness, indicating that they will be more rapidly accessible than the 2009 and 2010 vintages. When it comes to the white wines, they are fruity and digest with an alcohol content often less than usual for the region.