July 2025 and most of the 2023 tastings are now completed. It is therefore time to wrap up the vintage and look forward to 2024 and the 2025 vintages that are just around the corner. I got a jump on the vintage already in November 2023, when Cécile Tremblay showed me her 2023s in connection …
Vintage Report 2023
The 2023 white Burgundies – Take 1
I have now have started to taste the big producers of white 2023s, and must say that the diversity of the vintage matches that of the reds ... i.e. big variation in yields and phenolic ripeness. This is a vintage that can and often will offer great pleasure, but it is sadly a very bumpy ride, as …
Dilution and high yields
The first 2023 wines are now in bottle, and it is time to reflect a bit about the high yields as this shapes the vintage so to speak. 2023 is a quite unique vintage with exceptionally high yields which we have not seen since 1982; there were sometimes giant bunches of grapes weighing 300 grams, …
The 2023s, phenolic ripeness and dilution?
I am currently tasting a lot of 2023s ... mostly to my pleasure, but to be honest, I am a bit worried about some with signs of dilution, lack of energy, and freshness. As we all know by now, 2023 yields were (in some cases) enormous - sometimes more than 100 hl/ha. Although this amount of wine …
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First Impressions of 2023
We are now into May, and this means that the accumulation of 2023 vintage impressions has begun. I got a jump on the vintage last November, when Cecile Tremblay showed me her 2023s in connection with tasting the '22s. I was thoroughly impressed by them on that occasion, and while it was early, …