The 2018 growing year can be described as having been very wet, with significant rainfall in both spring and summer (40% more than the average). As to temperatures, it was a hot year, particularly in August. The harvest started on 27th August with the Merlot and finished on 24th October in our most northerly vineyards, following 57 long days of harvesting, two weeks longer than is usual for our winery. Although it was a challenging year health-wise because of the copious rain, the grapes ripened in stages, so there was no overlap in the different varieties becoming fully ripe. The wines obtained are on the whole very expressive, intensely aromatic and smooth and rounded on the palate even as youthful wines, which implies they should develop well over time.