At the end of August 2021, we have completed all the harvesting of Chardonnay.

Compared with previous years, 2021 has more rain and is a challenging year. After our reasonable and effective vineyard management, the Chardonnay of Chateau Nine Peaks (C9P) was finally successfully harvested, expecting another fine Chardonnay wine soon.

This spring has good temperatures, more rainfall, and good buds, and the vigor of the grape varieties is more vigorous than in previous years.

The rainfall during the growing period of the vines was also higher than in previous years, which made the occurrence of downy mildew on the leaves and grapes in some blocks more than in previous years. However, after implementing the reasonable prevention and control measures, we had timely and effectively controlled the disease.

On August 25, the Chardonnay harvest began and lasted 4 days to complete. When harvested, Chardonnay's sugar and acid had reached a good balance, the sugar content is more than 210g/l, the acidity is maintained between 6.5g/l-7g/l, the fruit ripeness is high, and it is healthy and disease-free.

This year, we harvested 74.14 tons of Chardonnay, and it is estimated that 63,000 bottles of Chardonnay wine will be produced.

At present, all the Chardonnay is being fermented in an orderly manner. Among them, the earliest one has reached the end of fermentation. The refreshing citrus and lemon aromas are more prominent, and the acidity is quite good.

For Chardonnay fermented in barrels this year, we will still use 500L new oak barrels and acacia barrels for its fermentation. At present, the fermentation work has just begun. Let's look forward to its performance in the future!