Vintage Report 2018 /
Winter arrived late, with a very cold and relatively dry spell in February. But the end of 2017 and the month of January 2018 were mild and notably rainy, which allowed for ample replenishment of water reserves in both the soil and beneath ground.March saw the return of copious rainfall, and cool, and the vines took their time in awakening. It wasn’t until we saw the first real evidence of sunshine in early April that...
Louis Jadot has always let its land and the terroir speak for themselves. The less we try to control them the better the wines are and the longer we can enjoy them.” Passion is a word that is bandied about among most winemakers to describe their relationship with wine and its production. The word is unfortunately rather overused. As no matter how hard you try to find the sort of red-faced enthusiasm that comes from passion and the feeling of b...
Passion simply radiates from Jacques Lardière, Jadot’s principle winemaker. His passion for his job, for example, engulfs anyone who listens to him. It is a bit like being in a trance at a revivalist gathering. Although Lardière has been responsible for the quality of the wines at Jadot for 30 years now, he is still boyishly enthusiastic about telling the numerous secrets surrounding the production of his wines. He believes in biodynamic cult...
Jacques Lardière is one of those rare individuals whose reliability with regard to quality Robert Parker, Decanter, Clive Coates and Wine Spectator all agree on.
And I can count myself among them, because tasting his latest vintages definitely put a smile on my face. Jadot’s own vineyard vintages 2003 and 2004 Clos des Ursules and Chambertin were already immensely enjoyable and fine-tuned. For the most part, the wines were superbly ma...
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