This vintage matured earlier than any previously; by late August our grapes were already ripe. Low precipitation and morning mists at the end of summer and early September allowed the Botrytis to settle on ripened grapes. They were finely touched by Botrytis, and the dry, sunny weather of September resulted in perfect shrivelling. From early October to early November, the weather became rainy and changeable, and few dried aszu grapes developed. These grapes were far more botrytised, but less concentrated. Our great Aszu wines, lively with sparkling acids, were mostly made from grapes of the first half of the harvest.