Vintage Charts

As I taste wines and make tasting notes I also update the vintage charts and vintage reports. The vintage reports cover recent vintages, as they develop towards maturity.

The vintage reports are based on all my experience with the vintage in question, and not only the bottles mentioned in the tasting notes here on this site.

Vintage Chart Red Burgundy

Vintage:	Rating:	Trend	Status	Comment
2012	Outstanding to Extraordinary		Cask
2011	Very Fine		Taste/Keep	Classic
2010	Extraordinary+		Keep/Taste	Great Year
2009	Outstanding		Keep/Taste	Somewhat dense
2008	Fine		Keep/Taste	Classic
2007	Very good		Taste/Keep
2006	Very Good to Fine		Taste/Keep
2005	Extraordinary		Keep	Big Wines
2004	Good		Taste/Drink	Green notes in some wines
2003	Poor to Fine		Taste/Keep	Very hot year
2002	Outstanding		Taste/Drink	Classic
2001	Very Good to Fine		Taste/Drink
2000	Good		Drink
1999	Outstanding		Taste/Keep	Dense

Vintage Chart White Burgundy

Vintage:	Rating:	Trend	Status	Comment
2011	Outstanding		Keep/Taste	Classic
2010	Outstanding to Extraordinary		Keep/Taste	Classic
2009	Good		Taste/Keep	Hot year
2008	Outstanding+		Keep/Taste	Classic
2007	Outstanding+		Keep	Classic
2006	Average to Good		Drink	High alcohol and some premox problems
2005	Very Fine+		Taste/Keep	Premox problems
2004	Outstanding		Taste/Drink	Premox problems
2003	Poor to Average		Avoid	Very hot year
2002	Very Fine+		Drink	Premox problems
2001	Very Good+		Drink	Premox problems
2000	Very Fine+		Drink	Premox problems
1999	Fine+		Drink	Premox problems

Vintage reports

• Vintage Charts – update April 2013 April. 27. 2013
• Burgundy 2012 – First impressions March. 23. 2013
• Vintage Report, Red Burgundy 2010 November. 9. 2012
• Vintage Report, Red and White Burgundy 2011 November. 1. 2012
• Vintage Report, Red Burgundy 2009 – update 2 April. 5. 2012