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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.9 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 77 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by shifter on 3/8/2024: DRC Montrachet Vertical: Light and airy, with great Vosne spice and touch of stem. 02s are just drinking absolutely fabulously right now. (354 views) | | | Tasted by BradE on 5/22/2023: A favorite vintage for me. Lovely violet notes and on the palate this was perfect in every respect. Enticing juice. (1357 views) | | | Tasted by rnellans on 2/4/2023 & rated 95 points: Pedro's visit to Tucson: Tasted alongside the '90 and '98 and DRC GE. I was surprised that this wine showed much younger than I thought it would. This is in stark contrast to my notes when tasted 10 years ago. Go figure. Dark, floral, stems and spice. Great structure and fruit but balanced and should develop nicely with time. This has great potential imo...whether or not it will reach the heights of the '90....who knows? (1538 views) | | | Tasted by ricardito on 10/14/2022 & rated 95 points: Wines of the Gods (House of AC and JC): Component of DRC Echezeaux and Grands Echezeaux vertical. Medium ruby with expansive flower garden nose whipped with essence of Bing cherries, sliding into a savoury palate of Tayberries. Long somewhat savage palate with plum smoked wild boar notes and long to go. A great bottle but clearly smacked out of the park by the 02 LT in this flight. Best 2028-2052. (2057 views) | | | Tasted by Jeremy Holmes on 6/13/2022: Very floral, with plenty of dried flower and lavender action. There’s some hoisin and cherry fruit too. It is velvety, with decent flesh and excellent minerally detail. There’s some smoked meats towards the finish and it is powerful yet airy and graceful. (2195 views) | | | Tasted by Nanda on 3/12/2022 & rated 93 points: 10/09/05/03/02/00/98/90 vertical. Certainly delicious and sexy, but a little lightweight and simple in tonight's vertical. Prior bottles have been much better. (2290 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 3/12/2022 & rated 91 points: La Paulée de New York Gala Dinner (Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY): My table's 8 vintage vertical at La Paulée. Very good, but slightly more mature vs previous bottles, including one tasted just the other day. (2274 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 3/10/2022 & rated 94 points: Some Wine Tasted at the Zachys La Paulée Auction; 3/10/2022-3/11/2022 (Le Bernardin Prive - New York NY): Small pour, brief note. Just a baby with so much bright and jammy red cherry and berry. Wonderfully vibrant and well spiced with a long finish. (1850 views) | | | Tasted by hprphf on 3/10/2022 & rated 94 points: Zachy's La Paulee 2022 (Le Bernardin Prive): 00343/13134. This vintage chez Domaine is always so juicy and showy. Sheer balance and personality holding the ripe fruit and boldness in check. So much going on the moment it touches your palate. Hedonistic. 94. (1613 views) | | | Tasted by lepetitchateau on 12/31/2021 & rated 94 points: Amazing aromatics. Smooth yet firm acidity, touch thin on the palate. (1106 views) | | | Tasted by Nanda on 2/24/2021 & rated 97 points: Montrachet and DRC (Chicago, IL): 02/10 DRC Ech + GE. Every bit as good as the 02 Ech and then some. Intense and layered aromas that have so much spice, stem and black cherry. Rich and concentrated with plenty of complex evolution. Long finish. (2160 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 2/24/2021 & rated 95 points: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Echezeaux / Grands-Echezeaux 2002/2010 (State Street Manor - Chicago IL): In 2002/2010 Echezeaux / Grands-Echezeaux horizontal / vertical flight. The 2002 Echezeaux was more charming to start, but this blew right past it after 15-20 minutes in glass. Floral and perfumed with so much red cherry and berry in front of faintly emerging earth notes. great depth, weight and balance. More enjoyable today vs the 2010 Grands-Echezeaux, even if not quite as concentrated. (2710 views) | | | Tasted by Alex G. on 1/29/2021: DRC GE Lunch: Cloudier than the other vintages, with classic '02 stemmy animale notes. I love the style of this vintage, but this wine comes out as a bit angular at first. It absolutely needed the time in glass to come together, and with air became more rounded and balanced. The layers and detail were impressive. In sum, don't judge this right out of the gate; give it ample time to stretch its legs, and you'll be rewarded. (1990 views) | | | Tasted by sdsull on 9/28/2020 & rated 94 points: Very nice bottle of Grand Echezeaux. This bottle was stored properly and is in the drinking window now.... (2017 views) | | | Tasted by BradE on 6/24/2020: While very good, this bottle was on the light, floral, gentle side. Lovely nose. (2392 views) | | | Tasted by Order66 on 4/14/2020: Roses and truffles almost feel like they dance around in the glass when you sniff. Some form of berries and cherries appear. A taste and it rivals a great Clos de Vougeot in texture. Sublimely silky start but finishes with an absolute sucker punch of acid and tannin. After those tannins fade you get leftover notes of flowers, mushrooms and gorgeous strawberry notes. Very much so still primary. This has a ways to go. I’d expect at least another 15 years before one might actually deserve a revisit. (1840 views) | | | Tasted by hprphf on 3/7/2020 & rated 94 points: 04388/13134. Sexy nose, so ethereal, light bouquet, deep woody nose, great depth and fine backward spice. 94 (1707 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 2/12/2020 & rated 95 points: Grands-Echézeaux Dinner (Summer Pavilion, Ritz Carlton, Singapore): On to the big-hitters now, and this was excellent - probably my favourite of the many Grands-Echezeaux bottles on the night. The nose was pure DRC, with magic whole cluster aromas of meat and earth, brambly herb and wood spice, and then a core of blackberries and plums, edged with a sweeter lilt of cherry liquer and some dried roses, maybe even violets. Wow - that was some nose. It was very full and complete on the palate - marrying the best of the Grands-Echezeaux terroir with the lovely shape and poise of the 2002 vintage. This just felt like such polished wine, with velvety tannins and fine acidity wrapped around a core of sweet dark berries and plums, a bit savoury meat and earth, and just lovely mouthful of warm spice unfolding in the background. Mouthfilling and full, yet this was a wine all bout purity and transparency, with a gentle, almost velvety strength to it. So well integrated too. The finish was midlengthed rather than truly long, but very satisfying indeed, with a quiet tug of warm spice lingering at the end. Super stuff - an absolutely delicious wine, drinking so well now. No such though. This has all of the hallmarks - balance, integration, fruit and structure - of a wine that will age effortlessly through the decades. (1868 views) | | | Tasted by afvf on 11/27/2019 & rated 94 points: What a wonderful wine. However not as great yet as the 2005 in 2019. it will still become even great. (1705 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 8/10/2019 & rated 94 points: Rich dark fruit with emerging spice. Very good material here. 94-95 (1946 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 6/28/2019 & rated 95 points: Musique & Vin Paulée Musicale BYO Dinner (Château de Meursault): Small glass, brief note. Also from magnum from WD. Cornucopia of rich and ripe red fruits on nose and palate with equally diverse sweet and savory spice. So much here, a bit backward right now, but with an explosive finish. (2611 views) | | | Tasted by M.S.L. on 3/28/2019 & rated 96 points: Bourgogne 2002 tasting. Many top wines from some of the best producers, Rousseau, Roumier, DRC, Leroy etc; 3/28/2019-4/28/2019 (Restaurant Palægade, Copenhagen): Incredibly beautiful nose which to me is different to other top Vosne wines like for example Cathiard or Leroy, but I can't put my finger on precisely what it is. Perhaps it is a little darker expression, but stil floral and sweet fruited. This wine was also lovely in the mouth with impeccable balance. Other tasters pointed out that it was somewhat shorter than the other wines in this flight and that was correct. Still it was a magnificent wine, that I in retrospect think should be rated higher, but I did put 95-96 on the paper that night, so I will leave it at 96. (2570 views) | | | Tasted by fcxj on 1/14/2019 & rated 88 points: JM shareholders. Smoky, green. High acidity. (2251 views) | | | Tasted by dcwino on 10/20/2018 & rated 96 points: 2001 vs 2002 DRC tasting with a few others; 10/20/2018-10/21/2018 (Marcel's by Robert Wiedmaier, DC and Bryan's house): Similar to the 01 GE, i.e. clearly more polished and detailed than the first flight bottles, but more youthful and concentrated, and also showing more noticeable stem. Beautiful pure sweet red fruit, cherry, strawberry and rhubarb tart, crushed rose pedal, sweet spices and limestone. Beautifully integrated youthful palate, nicely layered concentrated yet detailed red fruit, silky and polished, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and a long seamless pure red fruit driven finish with dominating stem at the end. Drinking beautifully but can benefit by additional decade of cellaring as sous bois has not emerged yet. (3041 views) | | | Tasted by BradE on 6/2/2018: This bottle was in perfect shape, and showed the wine about as well as it could. These are very nice to drink now, but with well stored bottles there is no hurry. These should be even better over the next decade. (2821 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| The World of Fine Wine, March 2013, Issue #39
(Domaine De La Romanée-conti Grands Echézeaux) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
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JancisRobinson.com (7/12/2006)
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Burghound, 3rd Quarter, 2006, Issue #23
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Burghound (3/23/2006)
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Vintage Tastings, The 2002 Romanee Contis and a Mt. Sinai Hospital Charity Event (2/13/2005)
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Burghound, 1st Quarter, 2005, Issue #17
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Vinous, March/April 2004, IWC Issue #113
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Burghound, 1st Quarter, 2004, Issue #13
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Burgundy-Report (7/1/2005)
(Romanée-Conti Grands-Echézeaux) There’s a little haze to the wine from this bottle and slightly paler colour vs the Echézeaux. The nose has a little extra lift vs the deeper Echezeaux, also shows an extra creamy edge. This wine really distinguishes itself by the intensity of its finish vs the previous two reds. It doesn’t give the ‘rush’ provided by the Echézeaux’ acidity but instead provides a warmer, denser aspect to the extract. The tannins have similar volume to the Echézeaux, but with finer structure. Lingers excellently on the palate. | By Lyle Fass
Rockss and Fruit (2/8/2005)
(DRC Grands Échézeaux) Profound aromatic complexity here with coffee bean, black cherry, boysenberries, spice, butterscotch (oak?), and a slight herbal tinge that only added to the cacophany of smells. One of the noses of the day. Well there were many noses of the day. Big and ripe in the mouth with great density. Spherical in it's texture. Really gets to every nook and cranny in the mouth. Pretty explosive finish of red mixed with a little black fruit. Very floral on the palate along with noble tannins. Some serious structure and amazing length indicates that this will be one for the ages. An amazing wine and the best DRC Grands Échézeaux I have tasted in my limited experience. A standout today. |
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| Domaine de la Romanée-ContiLe millésime 2012 (notes du domaine):
Certains millésimes connaissent des accouchements faciles : le vigneron intervient tranquillement et peu souvent, comme le fait l'équipage d'un voilier qui navigue par temps calme. Mais il n'est pas rare que le parcours vers la naissance du millésime s'apparente plutôt à la guerre, à une lutte de tous les instants pour garder le bateau à flot et arriver au but sans trop de dommages !
Ce fut le cas en 2012, qui restera un millésime unique - mais lequel ne l'est pas ! - dont se souviendront longtemps ceux qui étaient en première ligne dans les combats que nous a imposés la nature en mettant en avant ses meilleurs « soldats » : le mildiou et l'oïdium.
Le mois de mars fut pourtant très sec et quasi estival (22° de moyenne), ce qui entraina un débourrement plus précoce encore qu'en 2007, année de référence pour la précocité. Nous nous voyions vendanger en Août ! Mais de ce mois hors norme, ce qui aura finalement marqué nos mémoires, ce sont les coups de tonnerre du 26 mars, très exceptionnels pour la saison, mais prémonitoires de ce que les dieux réservaient à Nicolas Jacob, notre chef de culture, et à son équipe.
A partir d'avril, le changement est en effet radical : le froid (- 2° le 13 avril) et l'humidité s'installent. Résultat : impossible d'entrer dans les vignes pour labourer et l'herbe pousse follement, encouragée et entretenue par les pluies. Pour les mêmes raisons nous avons à surmonter les plus grandes difficultés pour les traitements : il faut guetter et profiter de la moindre fenêtre de temps sec pour apporter la protection nécessaire. Malgré une vigilance de tous les instants, le mildiou se manifeste et attaque même très fort, supprimant un pourcentage de la récolte difficile à évaluer, mais réel. L'oïdium, lui aussi, trouve des conditions de développement favorables. Et la grêle s'en mêle, frappant toute la Côte de Beaune et entre autres notre Montrachet le 30 juin.
La floraison commence vers le 9 juin, mais elle s'étire sur un mois à cause des conditions froides qui persistent. Il en découle une coulure importante.
Bilan de ces trois mois où il a plu un jour sur trois ! :
- une récolte d'ores et déjà réduite, suite à la coulure et au mildiou, et qui risque d'être hétérogène en maturité à cause de la floraison très étalée ;
- mais en même temps la coulure a créé un pourcentage intéressant de raisins millerands, ce qui est toujours facteur de bonne qualité ;
des vignes vigoureuses et en bonne santé ;
- et bien sûr l'année, d'exceptionnellement précoce, est devenue quasiment normale, la floraison laissant entrevoir des vendanges vers la fin septembre seulement.
Fin juin dernier épisode printanier « excentrique » : une canicule de quelques jours qui a pour résultat de griller les jeunes baies les plus exposées au soleil, diminuant encore la récolte et augurant d'un tri supplémentaire au moment de la vendange pour faire tomber les baies grillées.
En juillet la nature enfin s'assagit. Nous avons subi des pertes, mais l'ennemi « fait retraite ». Grâce à ces conditions plus clémentes, nous pouvons reprendre efficacement le travail du sol en effectuant dans certains cas trois passages de labour afin de libérer la vigne des herbes qui l'envahissaient. Nous effectuons les derniers traitements de précaution début août et...il ne nous reste plus pour la suite qu'à compter sur une météo qui se rapproche enfin des normales de saison.
C'est ce qui s'est finalement passé...
Le mois d'août a été chaud et beau avec une canicule et des orages autour du 15 août. Chaque fois, malgré le vent orienté souvent au Sud, le beau temps sec est revenu. La vigne ayant été largement abreuvée par le temps pluvieux qui avait précédé a nourri généreusement les raisins, la photosynthèse a été favorisée et la production de sucre a progressé très rapidement. A la veille des vendanges on avait :
- des grappes de petite taille présentant des raisins à peau très épaisse et un fortpourcentage de baies millerandées ;
- de la grillure sur la face exposée au soleil d'un nombre important de grappes, suite aux canicules, notamment celle de juin ;
sur certaines grappes, une ou deux baies n'ayant jamais « vér頻, c'est-à-dire restées vertes, qui seront rejetées lors du tri de la vendange ;
- botrytis inexistant.
En bref, une vendange très saine qui pouvait attendre une maturité complète. C'est ce que nous avons fait, prenant le risque, pour décider de la date des vendanges, d'aller bien au-delà des cent jours qui normalement séparent celles-ci de la mi-floraison de la vigne.
Nous avons finalement vendangé les raisins de Corton et de quelques jeunes vignes sur Vosne-Romanée à partir du vendredi 21 septembre avec une équipe réduite et nous avons commencé les « grandes » vendanges sur Vosne-Romanée le lundi 24 septembre. Le temps s'est malheureusement dégradé à partir de mardi et le mercredi 26, il a plu toute la journée ! Nous avons bien entendu arrêté totalement les vendanges ce jour-là et avons vécu dans l'angoisse, car on pouvait craindre de fortes attaques de botrytis le lendemain.
Mais deux phénomènes ont concouru avec une totale efficacité à préserver le raisin : d'une part les peaux des baies exceptionnellement épaisses et résistantes, et d'autre part une température froide, et même exagérément froide pour la saison ne permettant pas au botrytis de se développer. La vendange reste exceptionnellement saine. Comme chaque année nous avons néanmoins procédé à une sélection sur la vendange : Comme chaque année nous avons néanmoins procédé à une sélection sur la vendange : celle-ci a consisté à faire tomber les baies grillés et également les quelques baies non « vérées », en d'autres termes le tri a été minime et le personnel à la table de tri a vu défiler une récolte qui, au point de vue sanitaire, est l'une des plus belles de ces dernières années. Le temps restant frais, les températures de rentrée de vendanges ont été excellentes, autour de 15°, ce qui a permis une macération de quelques jours avant un départ en fermentation lent et progressif.
Les fermentations durent maintenant depuis près de trois semaines sous le contrôle « amoureux » de Bernard Noblet et de ses cavistes. Les premiers tirages ont été effectués, notamment celui de la Romanée-Conti qu'étant donné son état de maturité nous avons vendangé la première. Les vins sont très prometteurs avec de belles robes et des arômes frais et délicats.
Il faut introduire dans ce rapport un chapitre à part pour le Montrachet, qui comme toute la Côte de Beaune, a été grêlé deux fois au cours de l'été. Là les raisins ont beaucoup souffert. Nous avons vendangé le vendredi 28 septembre, c'est-à-dire avant la fin de nos vendanges rouges. C'est une récolte abîmée par la grêle, le botrytis et l'oïdium que nous avons rentrée et qu'il a fallu trier de manière extrêmement sévère. Il en est résulté une toute petite récolte, la plus minime de ces dernières années. Nous comptons sur une excellente qualité, mais le rendement ne représente même pas la moitié de la normale.
Pour les vins rouges, les rendements tournent autour de 20hl/ha, ce qui est de 25% environ en dessous de la normale que nous situons à 25hl/ha. A titre de comparaison, les 2009 ont donné des rendements moyens de 30hl/ha.
Une récolte comme celle que nous venons de terminer nous fait prendre conscience encore plus s'il le fallait de l'importance du pari - et de la chance - dans la réussite ou l'échec face à un millésime. Répétant ce que je disais l'an dernier, il est capital d'attendre la maturité complète du raisin. Ce fut plus facile cette année avec une récolte parfaitement saine que l'an dernier où le botrytis était important. Mais, dans les deux cas, il fallait attendre la maturité complète et nous avons eu la chance que les conditions météorologiques soient devenues notre alliée en conservant un temps froid qui a permis aux raisins de passer, sans attaque de botrytis, à travers les pluies très importantes que nous avons connues le mercredi 26 septembre.
Il est certain que la perte de récolte consécutive aux attaques du mildiou et la grillure de certaines grappes a été importante, mais cette perte en quantité est aussi un facteur qui a favorisé la qualité, puisqu'il en est résulté un éclaircissage naturel qui, en diminuant le rendement, permet au raisin sain de mieux mûrir. Il est fort possible que nous n'aurions pas atteint de telles maturité et qualité s'il n'y avait pas eu ces pertes à supporter.
Voici les dates de vendanges pour chacun des crus :
Corton .......................... 21 septembre
Romanée-Conti ............. 22 septembre
Grands-Echezeaux ........ 22, 24 et 25 septembre
La Tâche ....................... 25 et 27 septembre
Richebourg .................... 27 et 28 septembre
Montrachet ................... 28 septembre
Romanée-St-Vivant ....... 28 et 29 septembre
Echezeaux ..................... 29 et 30 septembrePinot Noir Varietal character (Appellation America) | Varietal article (Wikipedia)
Pinot Noir is the Noble red grape of Burgundy, capable of ripening in a cooler climate, which Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot will not reliably do. It is unpredictable and difficult both to grow and to vinify, but results in some of the finest reds in the world. It is believed to have been selected from wild vines two thousand years ago. It is also used in the production of champagne. In fact, more Pinot Noir goes into Champagne than is used in all of the Cote d'Or! It is also grown in Alsace, Jura, Germany, the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Romania, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, and so forth, with varying degrees of success.
Pinot Noir is one of the world's most prestigious grapes. It is very difficult to grow and thrives well in France, especially in Champagne and Burgundy. Pinot Noir thrives less in hot areas, is picky on soil, and deserves some oak storage.
Pinot Noir, or Blauburgunder / Spätburgunder in German, is a blue grapevine - and, as the German name suggests, the grape comes originally from Burgundy in France.
The grape, which thrives in calcareous soils, is used primarily for the production of red wine, and it is widely regarded as producing some of the best wines in the world. The wine style is often medium-bodied with high fruit acidity and soft tannins. It can be quite peculiar in fragrance and taste, and not least in structure - which may be why it is referred to as "The Grapes Ballerina".
Pinot Noir is also an important ingredient in sparkling wines, not least in champagne since it is fruity, has good acidity and contains relatively little tannins.
The grape is considered quite demanding to grow. The class itself consists of tightly packed grapes, which makes it more sensitive to rot and other diseases.
Pinot Noir changes quite easily and is genetically unstable. It buds and matures early which results in it often being well ripened. Climate is important for this type of grape. It likes best in cool climates - in warm climates the wines can be relaxed and slightly pickled.
In cooler climates, the wine can get a hint of cabbage and wet leaves, while in slightly warmer regions we often find notes of red berries (cherries, strawberries, raspberries, currants), roses and slightly green notes when the wine is young. With age, more complex aromas of forest floor, fungi and meat emerge.
In Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary, it often produces light wines with less character. However, it has produced very good results in California, Oregon and New Zealand.
With its soft tannins and delicate aroma, it is excellent for white fish, chicken and light meat. For the stored wines you can serve small game. Classic duck breast is a matter of course, a Boeuf Burgundy and Pinot Noir are pure happiness.
Pinot Noir loses quality by over-harvesting.
Pinot Noir is prone to diseases, especially rot and mildew. Viruses cause major problems especially in Burgundy.
Pinot Noir are large round grapes with thin skins. Relatively high in alcohol content. Medium rich tannins and good with acid.
As a young person, Pinot Noir has a distinctly fruity character such as raspberries, cherries and strawberries.
A mature Pinot Noir, the taste is different. Cherry goes into plum and prune flavors. It smells of rotten leaves, coffee, moist forest floor and animal wine. This must be experienced.
In warm climates you find boiled plum, some rustic, little acid.
If the grapes are over-grown, the wine will be thin, with little color and flavor.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Côte de Nuits on weinlagen.infoGrands-Echezeaux Grand Cru On weinlagen-info |
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