Seems like September has potentially saved the vintage, yet again! Many were the trials and tribulations of this year’s growing season, the harvest looked a bleak prospect only 4 or 5 weeks ago but a month with virtually no rain seems to have saved the day. The grapes are of course very heterogenous, no surprise given the hail and rot which dogged the vintage, but in the end it comes down to the trie. Today I joined in the triage of a Latricières, Charmes and some villages wines – some were much better than other as could be judged by the speed of the table and the amount of fruit being discarded. Rubish in, rubbish out is the old saying, I think we did a good job of sending out the rubbish first! Tomorrow we tackle Santenay, Beaune 1er and Chambertin.
Bill
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This year's A-list (so far...)
- 2005 Barthod Bourgogne
- 2005 Clos du Tart
- 2011 Méo-Camuzet Parantoux
- (new wines...)
- 2008 JN Gagnard Chass.Blanchots>
- 2008 JN Gagnard Chass.Caillerets
- 2009 Alex Gambal Savigny VV
- 2009 Ilan Charmes-Chambertin
- 2009 Lamy St.Aubin Edouard HD
- 2009 B.Leroux Chassage TdeClos
- 2008 Leroy Volnay Santenots
- 2008 Pascal Marchand Corton
- 2001 Pavillon Charlemagne
- 2009 DRC Corton
- 2009 Vougeraie Vougeot Cras
