2018 VINTAGE REPORT WHITE BURGUNDY
Concerning white Burgundy, 2018 was another atypically early harvest. Since 2000, there have been six vintages where some grapes have been harvested in August, but 2018 could be the earliest. I am unaware of a vintage besides this one when grapes were harvested before August 24. Often the determining factor for the date of harvest is early flowering due to a warm winter, occasionally it is due to intense h...
One of Chablis' most prestigious proprietors, René Dauvissat, with his son Vincent, farms nearly twenty-three acres of meticulously kept vineyards, all in Premier Cru appellations. These vines (4.5 acres of Vaillons, 2 of Sechets, and 9.4 of Forets among the Premiers Crus, 2.5 of Preuses and 4.5 of Clos among the Grands Crus) are splendidly sited on hillsides underlain by Jurassic limestone. Yields are limited to about 50 hectoliters per hecta...
In an excerpt from Food & Wine, the region of Chablis, and Vincent Dauvissat are intelligently described: "The village of Chablis, less than two hours by train from Paris, is small and charming (red geraniums in the window boxes, tourist shops and wineries with signs suggesting that visitors GOÜTER NOS VINS). Chablis also offers a truly unique interpretation of the Chardonnay grape. There is no place else on earth that can produce the flinty, ...
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