White Burgundy

Question 1

2013

Answer 1

Bad flowering. July hail reduced yields. Harvest was early and chaptalization was needed. Later pickings affected by botrytis. Beaune leaner. Maconnais:reduced yields. Chablis lost 1/3 T flowering. bon millesime

Question 2

2012

Answer 2

Poor weather. x2 hail in CdB in June, wet, cool July with mildew followed by hail in Aug. Chablis: reduced yield due to frost. CCha did well but Montagny had hail. Bad flowering in Macon. Aside from this, a good year but with a smaller amount of wine produced. grand millesime

Question 3

2011

Answer 3

Early flowering with an early harvest (end of Aug), Chablis picked later in Sept. CCha had hail in July; Maconnais had warm Aug with early harvest led to soft wines. Slightly larger crop than 2010 and 2009. tres bon millesime

Question 4

2010

Answer 4

difficulties during flowering led to reduced yields; cool damp summer led to harvest in mid-late September; some hail in Meursault; great Chablis vintage; high acid year, good for Corton Char. grand millesime

Question 5

2009

Answer 5

warm spring, early flowering; lower acid year meant some flabby wines, but mostly crowd
pleasing fruity but not meant for long aging; grand crus will provide better balance. excellent millesime

Question 6

2008

Answer 6

patchy flowering then big hailstorms took out Meursault, Pouilly Fuisse; rain in Aug further spread rot; Chablis, Puli and Chass Mont show well. grand millesime

Question 7

2007

Answer 7

classic vintage with great acidity; cool first half, warm second with growers waiting as long as possible; hail in the Montrachets and St. Aubin. grand millesime

Question 8

2006

Answer 8

excellent freshness and acidity, most are fast maturing.. tres grand millesime

Question 9

2005

Answer 9

forward wines with lots of fruit, lacking acidity millesime exceptionnel. warm year

Question 10

2004

Answer 10

cool vintage with oidium outbreak in the middle, made much more angular wines grand millesime

Question 11

2003

Answer 11

hot vintage, most wines were lacking in acids, but very opulent grand millesime

Question 12

2002

Answer 12

good quality and quantity; warm dry summer with late rain before harvest; balance of richness, concentration, higher alcohol and good acidity excellent millesime.

Question 13

2001

Answer 13

wet, cool, cloudy, hail storm hit Auxey, Monthelie, Meursault and Bouzeron tres grand millesime

Question 14

What is pre-mox. What vintages were affected by it?

Answer 14

Premature oxidation, often found in otherwise ageworthy wines. Particularly in recent white burg vintages of the late 90s: 96,97,98 through 2002