Christelle Rinville, Vineyard Manager of Domaine Evremond writes:


Tuesday, October 7th started as a clear, bright autumn day and saw the beginning of the 2020 Domaine Evremond harvest, over a week earlier that last year. It was also the first day that grapes would be picked and pressed on site at the estate in Chilham providing additional excitement and another notable day in our history.
The precocity of the year and the hot dry summer we enjoyed in 2020 favoured good ripening of the bunches. Following careful grape picking analysis over several weeks the dates were eventually chosen for harvest.
The dry climate in September and the good health of the grapes made it possible to best determine the opening date of our pressing center. Our qualitative ambition was to optimize the organoleptic parameters and the taste expression of the berries.
The fear we had at the start of the harvest was a risk of botrytis taking off following a very wet eight-day period immediately before picking. During harvest the sun and the drying wind, combined with the speed and quality of the picking, ensured a successful harvest. We had one day, on the day of October 8th where conditions changed but overall, it was a busy and good picking period.
Harvest commenced with the picking of the black grape varieties (Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir) and concluded on 11th October with the Chardonnay.
We have every reason to be delighted with the quality of this harvest, fine bunches expressing good ripeness and we look forward to tasting the results over the coming months before bottling.
We are happy to rejoice in this wine year, which has been a fruit year in many areas, and for grapes too! A great promise for our wines pressed and vinified for the first time at our Domaine!
November 2020



More News…
Domaine Evremond Harvest 2021
IntroductionCharles Gaskain has been a fruit grower for 49 years and he describes 2021 as the worst year that he has ever known. There have been worse years in terms of frost or hail but in terms of “wrong weather” throughout, 2021 wins the prize. The weather kept...
Domaine Evremond Harvest 2019
The Domaine Evremond journey continues as our 2019 harvest and our first, marks another milestone. Each day we continue to learn about our young vineyard, understanding the vines, their relationship with the soils and with the climate. How this impacts the fruit – its...
The Domaine Evremond journey continues – a further 8.5 hectares planted
Two years after the first plantings at Domaine Evremond’s vineyard site in Chilham, Kent, Champagne Taittinger shares news that the journey continues – with a further 8.5 hectares of vines planted in May 2019. Christelle Rinville, viticulturist for Champagne...