Morning in NSG – overcast and 20 degrees Celsius!
The night between August 27th and 28th, the rain came to Burgundy… and quite an intense thunderstorm lasting quite some hours … enough to invigorate the harvest in the Nuits-Saint-Georges area. The rain and thunder gave quite ample “downpour”: 18 mm to 35 mm – most in Puligny and Meursault.
The next days will show what effect the rain will have. Most likely, the rain could have some diluting effect on the concentrated 2016 juice … and this could well prove good for the drinkability.
The other effect could be a speeding up of the degradation of the grapes … as the grapes become more fragile as they ripen. Currently there is some heat and sun damage of the grapes … but otherwise the grapes are in a very fine sanitary state,
There are some top-end vignerons still harvesting – Domaine Garcia, Domaine Georges Noëllat, Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg and Thomas Bouley. Some are just starting the harvest: Domaine Cathiard, Domaine Gros Frère et Sœur, and Domaine Grivot, to mention a few.
So a new 1929? … most like likely not – as the rain came too late for many … who finished the harvest just before the rain, but in reality it seems like the ripening and increase in alcohol has slowed down a bit … let’s see how long the grapes will hold up before the increase in pH becomes too problematic and acidity drops significantly.
This is today’s short news …
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Harvest time … Forecast
| Forecast date | Harvest Côte de Beaune | Harvest Côte de Nuits |
| May 18th | August 15th | August 22th |
| June 20th | August 15th | August 22th |
| July 5th | August 15th | August 22th |
| August 7th | August 12th | August 18th |
| August 9th | August 7th | August 9th – early start small plots |
| 2025 Harvest Final | August 17th | August 27th |
Weather – forecast
I will follow the weather in the harvest reports; start date August 12th – base level is Nuits-Saint-Georges,
Yesterday’s Harvest View
Harvest articles
- Harvest 2026 – the effect of rain
- Harvest 2026 – then the rain came
- Harvest 2026 – the final run
- Harvest 2026 – lower alcohol in Côte de Nuits
- Harvest 2026 – the big harvest days
- Harvest 2026 – and vin d’émotion
- Harvest 2026 – in the mood
- Harvest 2026 – lacking pickers
- Harvest 2026 – the alcohol in the room
- Harvest 2026 – avanti … Avanti!!
- Harvest 2026 – a fair bit of rain!
- Harvest 2026 – here we go … but no rain
- Harvest 2026 – Burgundy is now in harvest mode
- Harvest 2026 – possible panic is lurking
- Harvest 2026 – Friends, free and Fee
- Harvest 2026 – preparing for harvest next week
- Harvest 2026 – preparing the start
- Harvest 2026 – the harvest unfolds
- Harvest 2026 – has started
- Harvest 2026 – less than two weeks to the start
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