Overview
- An abrupt drop to about -6°C in Chablis threatened early vine buds across Burgundy.
- Crews lit thousands of candles, ran pellet boilers and wind towers, and used sprinklers that ice the buds to shield them from cold.
- Temperature sensors in the fields pinged phones through the night to keep teams tending the gear.
- Growers said protected plots held up well, but they expected losses where no equipment was in place.
- The push strains budgets at about €10 per candle and more than 400 per hectare, and several producers expect losses to be less severe than the 2021 frost.