(Please read my vintage overview here.)
Claude de Nicolaÿ-Drouhin said that 2019 was the first year that all the estate’s vineyards were worked by horse. Tractors were used only for sprays; speaking of which, for some years, the estate has been spraying with milk and minimal copper, and it is experimenting with copper substitutes. The estate has long been organic and biodynamic.
You can see the harvest dates below for each wine. The harvesting began very early and lasted about three weeks. Picking took place only in the mornings, so it was not necessary to chill the grapes prior to the pre-fermentation macerations. For the reds, malo-lactic fermentations were very quick.
The grands crus are raised in 20% new oak, the premiers crus in 15% new oak, except for the Savigny-Fourneaux, which sees no new oak.
As at several other producers I visited, Claude said she thought the mid-slope vineyards did best. (Continue reading here.)