The weather is still very nice, warm and dry. The mistral stopped and south wind is now blowing... conditions continue to be outstanding.
We have harvested some syrah today and also most of the white grapes.
We will certainly start harvesting some Grenache tomorrow in the Coudoulet and Perrin & Fils vineyards.

In the video below Matthieu Perrin does a 'pigeage' (cap-punching) on the first tanks of Syrah.

Cap-punching means pushing the solid part of the grapes, which has floated to the top of each tank, down onto the liquid part. This enables one to extract tannins and colour due to increased contact between skin and juice.

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