Rose picking and distilling started as usual in the second half of May. The harvest looked promising and all the preparations were made for a good and rewarding campaign. 

However the weather and climate change took its toll. For the first 10 days it was extremely dry and hot with Sahara type of air and wind bursting the plants. This climate effect ultimatelly resulted in shortening of the campaign to 25 days. The extreme heat and dryness caused significantly low plant yields and respectivelly distillery yields. Adding to that war-induced high utilities, labor costs and fertilizers, drives material inrease of finished products costs. 

The quality of the Rose Oil and hydrolat on the other side is extremely high and meeting the required parameters.