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This follows the violent hailstorms of the last few days, particularly on the night of June 09, that have literally ruined the hopes of a good year’s harvest.
These storms have guaranteed that the (ambitious) target of 11.7 hectolitres of pure alcohol per hectare will not be achieved.
It appears that, according to initial estimates, nearly 10 per cent of the complete area of cognac vineyards have been ravaged.
That’s more than 7000 hectares…
The storm raced through the region in a 5 kilometre wide ‘avenue,’ attacking with winds and massive hailstones
(some of which were still littering the ground 5 hours after the storm had passed).
As the daughter of a winemaker and a future that’s very much associated with Domaine de Birius in Petite Champagne,
I took a tour of the vines the day after the event.
The foliage has been literally shredded and branches torn down.
However, the damage to our vines is less severe than that of other growers,
some of who’ve had 100 per cent of their crops affected, meaning their vines will now not produce this year at all, and barely next year.
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