Harvesting at the estate began on 5 September on the Côte de Beaune and then moved to the Côte de Nuits. Yields were about 35 hl/ha for the premiers crus and 28hl/ha for the grands crus. Since most of the vineyards on both Côtes suffered heavily from the frost in 2016, one would have expected larger yields, but very short pruning kept the 2017 yields admirably modest. As is normal here, all grapes were destemmed.
Malic acidities were “a little low, but not notably so,” and malo-lactic fermentations while quick for the Côte de Beaune wines, were slower for these from the Côte de Nuits.
Alcohols for all the wines are around 13º.
As has become normal here, this is an outstanding set of wines. (Continue reading here.)