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The
cycle of the vineyard
NOVEMBER
to MARCH : The
wintry rest.
The vineyard
lost his leaves and is in his rest period.
APRIL: The "tears"
of the vineyard.
In mid-April,
the sap starts to appear at the end of the stems, which were
cut towards the end of the winter; they are called the "tears".
According to the soil and the type of control of the vine chosen,
each stock will lose a few litres of sap.
MAY
: The
"débourrement".
Towards
the beginning May the blossoming of the buds occurs; it is the
"débourrement". The young shoots, of a soft
green, appear then and the leafing accelerates as soon as the
ground warms itself.
JUNE
: The
inflorescence.
Following
the period of growth of the branches and the sheets, the foliage
develop, then appear small bunches with tiny buttons which will
grow bigger and become flowers. It conditions the date of the
grape harvests (100 days later).
The Flowering.
The flowers
appear towards mid-June and last from ten to twenty days during
which the vine is very vulnerable to freezing.
AUGUST
:
The growth.
During the
summer, each grape grows in volume without any important change
in its chemical composition, if not slight increase in its acidity.
AUGUST
– SEPTEMBER :
Ripening and maturation.
In general,
in mid-August the skin of the grape starts to change color: of
green dark, it becomes, according to type of vine, greenish white,
gilded, orange or purplish. It is the beginning of the maturation
itself, during which the grain will continue to grow bigger.
The maturity of the grain of grape corresponds to the balance
between the maximum output of sugar which it can contain versus
the degree of acidity.
OCTOBER
– NOVEMBER :
The fall of leaves.
Leaves change
color and fall. The vineyard enters the phase of végétatif
rest.
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