2016 was a year of contrasts, promising a superb vintage, characterized by uniform flowering at the origin of good pollination, substantial
lack of rainfall during the summer combined with abundant sunshine and evenly - occurring veraison.
A drought is a prolonged, abnormally dry period
during which there is not enough water to meet the needs
of people, animals, and plants.5 Drought is not simply the absence
of rainfall — it also includes a
lack of surface moisture and irrigation water at critical points in the growing season for crops.