Magnificent weather again today, with bright sun and quite a strong mistral wind.

So far, the weather conditions have been perfect!

This morning we harvested our plot of Roussanne old vines (RVV), which are 80 years old. We always vinify this plot separately from our other white grapes, and use it to make the cuvée that bears the name "Roussanne Vielles Vignes". We usually produce just around 500 cases of this, which is the only wine we make from a single grape variety

The Rousaanne Old Vine grapes are magnificent this year...slightly shrivelled as in every great vintage.We naturally sort them but only have to remove the odd leaves this year as the crop is perfectly healthy.

We finish off the morning by picking the Clairette grape, another Châteauneuf white variety.

This afternoon we pick the Cinsault from Coudoulet and Prébois. And we start bleeding, or de-vatting, our tanks of rosé (see above).