Vendanges Beaujolais 2019–Pinot Noir

Saturday morning was bright and clear and Ghislaine had all her lists made

The 31 of us split into kitchen crew and pickers, General Ghislaine assigning tasks in the kitchen and Major Michel directing his field crew with a glance. In the kitchen we peeled potatoes for the Gratin Dauphinois and Ghislaine chose 30 year old wines to cook the sausages in, wines from the same vineyard made by Michel’s father. We prepared a snack for the field hands, bits of streaky bacon, cheese bread and cool water. The vendage was going well this sunny, breezy morning and the grapes were plump and glistening.