(Please see my overview of the 2018 vintage in the Côte d'Or here.)
Although quantities are good in 2018, they will go down again in 2019 — lacking 40%, and so comparable to 2016(!).
Although quantities are good in 2018, they will go down again in 2019 — lacking 40%, and so comparable to 2016(!).
Harvesting began on 4 or 5 September. There is some whole cluster fruit in the Echézeaux only.
There was a bit of a gap between the end of the alcoholic fermentations and the beginning of the malo-lactic fermentations, but the latter were done by December. Alcohols range from 13.5º to 14.2º.
The percentage of new oak is 20% for the Bourgogne, 30% for the village wines, 40-45% for the premiers crus, and 60-80% for the grands crus — the normal percentages here.
Here one can see the rapid progression of the ripening at the time of harvest — some wines are in a more classic style, others go to a riper style.
With the reclamation of vines that had been sharecropped, the estate now is 8 ha, as opposed to 6 ha about ten years ago.