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62 domaines, over 50 2017 Petit Chablis – blind, and my vintage summary and highlights. Including a bunch of new names. 625 wines, even including some (shock) already bottled from from 2018!
That’s 2,425 wines in the vintage reports to-date. Plus notes from each producer on their 2017 and 2018 campaigns. As always, those extra-special wines are highlighted. You know it makes sense:
The ‘lucky’ vignerons I visited last week, including ‘Fedora’ – le chien de Lapierre!
I write this whilst trying to work out where the odd sock has disappeared too – it’s already time to pack my bag for week 2 in Beaujolais!
Week 1 was such a change from the weather at home and most of the three weeks in Chablis too – they have been characterised by rain, mist, snow, and often sub-zero temperatures. There was a little of the latter in Beaujolais too, just one day of rain, but plenty of clear skies. Some fast jogging times for my Strava too – I’m much slower back home this weekend, it’s poor under foot – icy, from not completely melted snow and plenty of standing water – ho-hum!
And don’t forget – next weekend my Chablis 2017 report is online – 64 separate articles!
Anyway a few views from this week:
More 2017 white burgundy – this from the last of my three weeks in Chablis this year – #Burgundyweek3 already.
I’ve visited Chablis to make broad tastings since the 2012 vintage, usually for 3 weeks in January – last week was the first time that I managed to see some real snow in all that time – usually the snow comes later (if it comes at all) like in March last year. So now I’ve amassed 62 domaines in Chablis and will publish the report in 3 weeks – probably 17 February 2019. That amounts to over 2,400 wines from 2017 before February’s, now traditional, 3 weeks in Beaujolais. I’m expecting March to be a mix of additional new names from Chablis and rounding up some other domaines that I missed in the Côte d’Or.
For subscribers that need specific info now re any of the Chablis producers above – send me note – and for those with a wider interest, I’ve already visited over 170 domaines, writing about how each one of them sees their 2018 and 2017 vintages, and have amassed about 2,400 notes on 2017 burgundy:
And a few pics from last week – mainly taken in a 10 minmute window where there was actually some blue sky!
More 2017 Burgundy – this from my second of three weeks in Chablis this year – #Burgundyweek2 – but isn’t every week #Burgundyweek ?
Occasional showers and some frozen mornings – but this week, at least, I avoided the snow – but it looks like I might get some for my camera next week! But then it’s also a matter of time – last week there was some great light, and I saw some very photogenic scenes – but whilst hurrying to my next appointment – so not enough images, I’m afraid.
As last week, for subscribers that need specific info now re any of the Chablis producers above – send me note – and for those with a wider interest, I’ve already visited 150 domaines, writing about how each one of them sees their 2018 and 2017 vintages, and have amassed about 2,200 notes on 2017 Burgundy:
2017 Burgundy is far from over – this was my first group of visits in Chablis this year – the first of three weeks. So for me #Burgundyweek lasts three weeks in January.
‘Roughly’ 62 visits are planned – the report will be online before the end of February – yes I know that’s a long time, but in the meantime you can read the three previous reports; Côte d’Or white, red and ‘Grands Maisons’ – here – for subscribers. When Chablis is published that will be more than 170 domaines and about 2,400 wines from the vintage – then Beaujolais comes in February.
For subscribers that need specific info now re Chablis – send me note.
Quite frankly, 2017 is the most complex, the most variable, red wine vintage that I’ve ever tasted.
The 2017 Vintage Grands Maisons Report
In December 2018’s Burgundy Report there are over 440 wines for you to add to the last two months reports – so that’s already more than 1,800 wines from 110+ producers in the October to December 2017 vintage reports.
With the visits for my Chablis 2017 report starting tomorrow (January 2019 Report) and Beaujolais 2017 visits in the February 2019 Report still to come. Nobody else brings you such a wide perspective of Burgundy!
I hope you enjoy – here.
Quite frankly, 2017 is the most complex, the most variable, red wine vintage that I’ve ever tasted.
The November Burgundy Report
For subscribers – 50 individual reports now online online covering the (mainly) red domaines.
The October and November reports together cover more than 1,360 wines – with the December Report, covering the major ‘Maisons,’ online in another week – that will be 1,800 wines. Of-course that’s before the 60 visits in Chablis in January bring at least another 500 wines from the vintage – then there’s the same in Beaujolais in February – it seems that there’s no rest for the wicked 🙂
Online today – all you need to know about 2017 white burgundy – together with hundreds of wines tasted
Here: Burgundy Report
My 2017 White Burgundy report’s not quite ‘publishing ready’ yet, but it will hit the reports page in the next few days. That hasn’t stopped the red report visits, as you can see above, I lost three domaines this week due to timing-belt issues, but I’ve still more visits than ever before – partly the reason for delay in publishing, maybe I have to do less visits next year 🙂 – so I’m sure you won’t notice!
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