Harvesting began, I was told, on 19 August and was finished in eight days. This is radically early compared to what I heard elsewhere, but when I questioned it, the date was confirmed. Take it with a grain of salt, but the wines are quite good.
Yields were characterized as "generous." Malo-lactic fermentations were “classic" — beginning in spring, the last ones finishing in July.
Alcohols are 12.5-13%, and there was no chaptalization.
These are not in the relaxed style of most wines I’ve tasted from the vintage — there’s more freshness and energy here, so maybe there is something to the radically-early harvest date: the wines taste as though they are from a much cooler, more classic vintage. Nevertheless, there was no immaturity of tannins.
In 2018 Prieur recovered vines that had been leased out in Santenay, Chassagne, and Pommard, and those wines will be added to the already spectacular collection of vineyards here. (Continue reading here.)