| Leaving a side the small frosts at the end of December 2000 and cold spell at the end of February 2001, the Fall and Winter are very mild.
March is rainy and with little sunlight. The field work is delayed until April.
The year was marked by strong shifts in temperature, rainfall and amounts of sunlight : all levels are very much above or below the normal numbers, even though the average for each month and every quarter show some sort of balance.
Within this difficult context, the vines manage to prepare for the harvest with serenity. |