Northern Médoc hit by hail
Tuesday 10 June 2014

Based on a report supplied by Yohan Castaing.
Update: Jean-Christophe Mau writes to Jancis to say, 'Bad news for Lesparre and Blaignan Chateaux including Preuillac… I lost between 90% and 95% of my production in 15 minutes at 3 am on last Monday morning. Nature is stronger than 7.2 billion humans, c’est la vie! PS I have an insurance but my insurance covers just the price of my grape production, not the cost price of my bottle.' See picture added below of the hailstones at Preuillac.

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