2004

After the unseasonable heat of the 2003 summer, the months of November and December were mild ; January was very humid and February the opposite in temperature (the vineyards "weeps" from the beginnings of the month). But the month of February was dry and very sunny (a record since 1945). High spring temperatures towards mid March (22° to 24°) made us fear a second consecutive year of extremly warm temperatures but they returned to normal by the end of the month. The vineyard activity started at the very beginning of April, but a period of fresh and humid days slowed the growth and we noticed a delay of several days from the normal rate of growth. Temperatures remained cool, especially at night, although without frost, until the beginning of May. Then, we had a period of warm weather that allowed growth to explode and made up for the slow growth at the beginning of the month.

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