The Story
Is this a wine which expresses the Cistercian rigour which gave birth to it? No, its image is rather that of a refined gentleman: the grapes mature early here, but still give wines of great finesse, with a lace-like texture which lines the palate, and superb length.
Clos de Vougeot is a wine which is always mature, and its texture will always show finesse. Its vinification will aim for more extraction than average (by breaking up the cap, f...
Vintage 1978
The 1978 wine vintage in Burgundy was a breathtaking, monumental masterpiece, universally celebrated as one of the absolute greatest and most perfect Burgundy harvests of the 20th century. Following a miserably cold, wet spring that severely delayed vine flowering and drastically slashed overall crop yields, a miracle period of uninterrupted, blistering hot sunshine arrived in August and lasted straight through a flawless October harvest. This...
