Maison Louis Jadot expects to begin harvesting grapes for its Burgundy 2010 vintage on September 23rd.

The winemaker and negociant has admitted that the growth for this year will not yield as large a quantity of berries as usual, owing in part to cold weather.

In an interview with Richard Hemmingway for wine critic Jancis Robinson's website, Jadot's Pierre-Henry Gagey, who joined the company in 1985, explained that frozen soil during winter enabled some vines to draw up good water reserves for the spring.

However, he told the website: "Flowering occurred in June with some millerandage. July and August helped the vine growing [sic] rather slowly but in good conditions.

"Today, the Gamay berries are rather small but are quite concentrated with a good colour."