Harvesting began here on 5 September. There was no triage, and Fred Mugnier characterized overall yields as “correct”— 35-40 hl/ha., which is actually modest when one factors in the tendency of vines affected by frost (as most of his were in 2016) to produce abundantly the following year.
All grapes were destemmed. Malolactic fermentations took place at various dates.
This is an outstanding to brilliant vintage at Mugnier; it may not be a collector’s vintage for the reds, but as the French would say, tant mieux! (Continue reading here.)