Winter was cold but with sufficient rainfall to restore groundwater levels which were quite low after the 2019 drought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once again frost was a threat to the early budbreak, but no major damage was caused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From springtime onwards, rainfall gave way to some very fine weather and a prolonged dry spell. The lockdown made for some nice walks under a bright sun in the pale green vineyard. A few days of rainfall in late April and early May stimulated vine growth and blooming started on May 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lack of rainfall during summer lead to an early harvest. Summer rains came in mid-August and boosted the much-needed ripening process of the berries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The whites were harvested very early, around September 10, while the first Cabernets were picked from September 16 onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The wines are fresh and balanced, although not quite as rich as the three previous vintages. The range of wines has a distinct Loire Valley style with straightforward red fruit aromas. Our ageworthy cuv\u00e9es will keep for years thanks to their freshness and pleasant acidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2020 will see the birth of a new cuv\u00e9e for red Chinon, \u00ab Les Molli\u00e8res \u00bb to enhance the range of this fine vintage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":720,"template":"","class_list":["post-761","millesimes","type-millesimes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernardbaudry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/millesimes\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernardbaudry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/millesimes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernardbaudry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/millesimes"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernardbaudry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernardbaudry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}