September 14th
Huge storm last night and – finally – rain.
This has been a very weird year: rotten spring and early summer, than an unusually late long, intense heat wave.
Precipitation has been close to nil for the last month.
http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/09/13/orages-dans-le-sud-ouest-21-000-eclairs-en-trois-heures-2499001-6110.php
View of the Chaban Delmas Bridge
However, a series of rainy days has been forecast…
Let us hope that these showers are not to heavy…
Merlot should be picked the last week of September and Cabernet the first 2 weeks of October.
The heat wave did cause scorching and intrupted ripening on some terroirs.