1846

BURGUNDY/   ‘An unparalleled year as far as quality is concerned. The wine is almost too strong to drink. The elders told us that it compared with 1811, 1822 and 1825. A good yield and a good price; the winegrowers are getting rich’ — from the classic book Les Grands Vins de Bourgogne by Danguy and Aubertin, published in 1892. 

Pre-Phylloxera vintage. Start of harvest 15 September. One of the best vintages of the 19th century; excellent flowering and grapes of great maturity and high sugar levels with fine acidity.