Cyrano de Bergecrac
“𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘧***𝘪𝘯’ 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘣! 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘸, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘸, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 40,000 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘵 14% 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 15𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦-𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘵, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱. 𝖢𝗒𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗈 𝖽𝖾 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝗀𝖾𝖼𝗋𝖺𝖼
They’ve not been easy these last few vintages…and as well as for @instarouillet, 2025 is proving challenging for all growers in Bergerac and the Southwest after a series of complicated years.
The heatwaves cause sugar levels to rise, but the skins aren’t ripe. The Bordeaux grape varieties, which are predominant in Bergerac, are suffering because of the drought and heat. It’s increasingly difficult to maintain freshness and drinkability. Scorching and other forms of wilting can ultimately get the better of a promising harvest.
These heatwave vintages don’t just affect the vines - the consequences are diverse. Tempers flare more quickly, the children are more irritable, winegrowers have to harvest earlier but can’t find harvesters as they are still on holiday, the children haven’t gone back to school yet, and harvesting/winemaking with young children... have you ever tried it?
Another consequence, who wants to drink wine when it’s 42/43 degrees?
These vintages, which are difficult to produce, are all the more beautiful in the end, but the risk of (Berge)cracking is never far away.”
𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮
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