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the chablis shuffle, part (day) 3
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Travels in Burgundy 2014
chablis 2014 – to heat, or not to heat
There were many producers holding their breath last night, and will probably be doing the same tonight – it reached -2.2°C at 05h30 this morning.
The fact that it is dry gives a little more latitude, so the vines can better resist the cold, but still at -3°C the new leaves and shoots on those vines will be damaged. If the vineyard was more damp, they can really only tolerate -1.5°C! The forecast is for similar tonight. Apparently two nights last week were also equally worrisome.
It’s actually unusually dry in the vineyards, in one of the pictures below, you can see the workers of William Fevre having to water the new vines they planted last week in Grand Cru Preuses – otherwise they would die – pretty-much unheard of in April. On the other hand, lucky for them that they didn’t yet have to heat the vineyards or spray water to protect the vines. Spraying water is a double-edged sword; it’s effective, but once you start spraying you may have to do it more often…
Trace heating wires in the grand crus
Having to water the newly planted vines
the chablis shuffle, part (day) 2
just shuffling around Chablis – day 1
Oh, and for those of you who missed the news:
Domaine des Lambrays has been sold to LVMH. Some links:http://t.co/1Q1tOfQRONhttp://t.co/amSnFYOzda
It's official.— Jeremy Seysses (@JeremySeysses) April 14, 2014
Owners of Clos des Lambrays have sold up evidently no point in staying in Morey St Denis now that David Clark has left…
— Jasper Morris (@justjasper) April 14, 2014
the fuzz, a little chambolle and a lot of morey…
a little chalonnaise distraction…
rain and shine…
côte d’or today…
My car is very dirty – apparently it’s sand from the Sahara.
Actually, I never wash my car, so today nobody is commenting 😉
Warm during the day, warm during the evening too. Depending upon who you ask, the vines are anywhere between 2 and 4 weeks in advance of the average. Some growers seem relaxed about the situation, other much less so, but let’s see…
Lunch included two 76s and a 71 from Thomas-Bassot. My previous experience of these wines was bullet-proof, but today, two were oxidised beyond redemption, despite modest ullage. The last bottle was worth the price of entry though – especially when drunk with somebody who worked with T-B until 1951!
Tonight a nice jambon persillé and some 2012 Chablis in Les Dilletantes, followed by organic eggs and a peanut tart in Maison du Colombiere, washed down with espresso, oh and 2011 Thibault Liger-Belair Bourgogne Pinot Noir!
Lunch!
Hmm – where to start…
Nice peanut tart – the vanilla-ice quenelle was obviously good too!
wednesday: pics, fat whites & shameful herbicide treatments…
The warm (20-22°C) weather continues; blue sky and sunshine:
A tough tasting during the day – 70 whites from the Mâconnais, mainly 2012s. It’s a very small list of producers whose wines I would buy…
Much worse that fat, concentrated white Macon, was the sight of vines which had clear signs of herbicide treatments – and 1er Cru Beaune too. It will only become more and more obvious in the next week or two. There’s no excuse for this… :
