Update time, and oohh! what a lot of typing…
Anyway some shocking reading herein when you look at the (lack of!) volumes harvested in 2012 – mainly, but not entirely, in the Côte de Beaune.
Unfortunately, my page-width doesn’t allow sight of the 2009 harvest volumes which are generally much higher than those now displayed, and just to note that the 5-year average continues to plummet…
Of-course all the figures are quoted courtesy of the BIVB…
A wine! Yes, it’s been over 2 weeks, and I’m still not on perfect form, but good enough to appreciate this one!
2011 Jean Chartron, Puligny-Montrachet
Medium golden-yellow. My nose isn’t 100%, but this seems clean-cut and minerally. In the mouth this is a bit of a joy – particularly if you’ve had a forced abstinence! Acid-led intensity, very good minerality and lovely balance. It seems more about stones than fruit today, and was absolutely relished!
Rebuy – Yes
Of course there’s a big (editor’s) error in the second paragraph, but a good article none-the-less…
(and no, no new wines yet – sinuses remain stubbornly locked…)
Pic. from Patrick Essa. Reds in Meursault yesterday
That’s how the harvest projections are still going. Whites grapes that were anticipated to be cut ~27th have now mainly been put back to the 30th-plus. One vigneron told me that it looks a little like 2008 for the whites, i.e. they may need to wait and wait but then pick very quickly before botrytis exerts any control. I did hear of some pickers who might pick some chardonnay next week – but they will only be able to make cremant I expect, as the grapes are not yet ripe.
As for reds, more and more are expecting their peak picking to be 3rd-10th October – doubtless there will be many domaines on either side of that window…
@billnanson session 2 of our Burgundy course about to get underway and the text books have arrived! http://t.co/MuhAOofb9c
— Uncorked (@Uncorked_Ltd) September 17, 2013
Still no wine notes here for you – I think I need another 3-4 days before my head-cold clears – but there’s plenty of interesting reading out there; roll on the trial in December!
Let’s see, here are the current thoughts of Patrick Essa…
I’m lucky enough to have a nice collection of wines from Domaine René Engel, but I very-much understand Eric’s ‘bittersweet proposition.‘
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