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A remarkable harvesting schedule

The harvests

This year’s harvesting schedule was quite remarkable,
we had a tremendous rush to ensure we obtained
grapes with just the right balance of sugar and
acidity – with the green light for harvesting given 22
days earlier than 2019! Harvesting in the sunshine
was a wonderful experience! It has been a year of
varying fortunes from plot to plot, within individual
plots or even individual bunches! The reds were down
a third and there was a fair amount harvested using Initial tastings
the ‘vendange entière’ approach. We pressed a lot of
juicy, generous, top-quality white grapes. The grapes’ ‘Initial tastings point to a very aromatic and well-
health was top-notch! Extremely quick fermentation structured product characterized by intense colour.
cycles. Devatting has revealed some very intense Once again, we added less sulphur this year in our
colours. The whites have already finished malolactic pursuit of a wine that’s smoother in style and which
fermentation, whereas the reds have only just been will surely offer an even silkier mouthfeel.
put into barrels. All round, it’s been a hectic year! As for the reds, they exhibit summer fruit notes,
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19 August: Pommard and Corton, the Côte de Beaune including even cherry, for example, in the case of the
reds get the ball rolling! Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Bel Air, which is always
28 August: rain and a drop in temperature very expressive, even from a very early age.
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2 September: everyone to the Clos Blanc, double-quick! The whites boast excellent purity and a wide aromatic
5 September: the final crates are brought in of the palette with well-defined differences between the
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Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune’s Grands Crus,
Bourgogne Terres de Famille red.
featuring aromas of peach, grapefruit, pineapple and
for some, hints of tropical fruit.’
SYLVIE POILLOT ET SON ÉQUIPE

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