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Wine Description
The Story
Les Narvaux in Meursault sits at the top of the slope on a steep, shallow, limestone plot.
Surface area: 0.5 ha
Age of the vines: 60 years
Varietal: Chardonnay 100%
Planting density: 10,000 vines/ha
Soil type: Clay-limestone
Ageing: 12 months with 20% new barrels
Tasting notes: Les Narvaux is an airy wine that is lively and balanced with aromas of white-fleshed fruit. It offers hints of toasted almond on the nose and is v...
Wine Information
2016 was a fairly early year, after a wet winter. The sun shone during budburst but the cold returned in April, making life hard for us. Two nights of below-freezing temperatures meant we lost 30% of the harvest to frost.
This caused a lot of anxiety amongst winegrowers and was a big blow to morale so early on in the year.
The sun returned and held tight for a large part of the season. The grapes that survived benefited from a great deal...
Vintage 2016
2016 RED BURGUNDY VINTAGE REPORT
The 2016 harvest was, of course, later for Pinot Noir in the Côtes de Nuits, and some climats had different productions depending on how they weathered the frost of April 26th. In this report I will talk about each of the producers’ allocations to illustrate the variations between the totals from the 2015 and 2016 vintages. I will also seek to give you an idea of the style of the 2016 red wines versus those ...
