Last week it became clear that the April frost damage made it almost impossible to produce Montrachet for several owners on the Chassagne side of Montrachet - Le Montrachet. The April frost had reduced the yields by more than 90%, and therefore reduced size of the individual cuvées considerably. …
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One Montrachet from six Domaines
Due to the low yields caused by frost damage in April there will be no 2016 Montrachet from six owners of Montrachet. They will instead make one cuvée together - two casks equivalent to 600 bottles. It's the estates Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Comte Lafon, Domaine Leflaive, Guy Amiot, Lamy …
Harvest Impressions
We start out with the team of Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair - here harvesting the Echezeaux plots in the climat Champ Traversin - at the top of the Echezeaux vineyard. Photo: Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair From the top of Echezeaux to the cellar of Maison Chantereves in Savigny-Les-Beaune …
Harvest impressions … 2016
I have collected some harvet impressions from Facebook and other sources .. just to get an impresion of the progress - the mood and quality. First out a message from one of the smallest estate in Burgundy - an estate with great talet and promise - the Facebook translation is not perfect ... but …
Harvest 2016 … first reports of picking in Cote de Beaune
The troublesome vintage 2016 is now at the final stage in the vineyards. Domaine Hubert Lamy began to pick some Saint-Aubin on Wednesday September 14th, and is picking some Chassagne today. Photo from Chassagene Montrachet - Source Olivier Lamy The quantities are small but reports of fine …
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