Bordeaux 2003 – what it looks like on the ground

Jean-Marc Quarin is a wine writer who lives in Bordeaux and who has published the following fascinating insights on the current grape harvest there online.

The heatwave, the rainfalls of the last weekend of August and those in the first days of September followed by the appearance of rot on 11 September got the better of Merlot on the right bank. Pomerol suffered a lot. On the other hand, the freshness of the limestone protected Saint-Emilion. Now that summer temperatures are back again (on 12 September) the highest hopes go to the final ripening of the Cabernet Sauvignon in the...