Vintage 2020: July Brings Needed Rain

Connecticut has been in a draught situation since we have not had any rain since June 11, 2020 when we did have a soaking rain. I was doing a bit of complaining about all the rain we had in May and in the first half of June. Although, to be honest that rain was very good for our vines during the period between budbreak and growth. We have not seen such fast growth of our vines ever! Here is a comparison of our Auxerrois growth during July 2019 and June 2020. Although the perspective is not quite the same, the 2019 shot is from south looking north and the 2020 view is from north looking south, it is clear that the canopy in 2019 is much less advanced than in 2020.

Here is a comparison with the same view in the Auxerrois this year:

The draught situation finally ended on June 27th when there was a light rain that came in the early evening. However, a much more serious rain came on the first day of July. We knew the rains were coming in the afternoon, but we had things to do in the vineyard. This is the shot we got as we left the vineyard yesterday.