It's easy to understand that a mild spring accompanied by a hot, dry summer (but not too hot) produces better quality grapes than a year with a cold spring, late frosts and a summer with very little sunshine.
It's easy to understand that a mild spring accompanied by a hot, dry summer (but not too hot) produces better quality grapes than a year with a cold spring, late frosts and a summer with very little sunshine. Each wine-growing region has its own climate, and each grape variety has its own ideal climatic conditions, so good years in north-eastern France will not necessarily be the same as those in south-western France.