A humid, wet evening on April 26. Some compare to excellent 1999 Côte d’Or reds. All rights reserved and unauthorized reproduction, redistribution, retransmission or commercial exploitation of Burghound.com content, including the database, is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of Burghound.com. Well-defined, lighter, fresh whites.

Flowering, in early June, was unproblematic, and summer was generally warm and dry.

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Variable in Côte de Beaune due to hail, notably Volnay. Harvest began early, at the end of August, in fine weather. See full Terms and Conditions. After a mild winter and a very wet spring, disaster struck Chablis with severe frosts on April 26th-27th, followed by two hail episodes on May 13th and May 27th. What I’m offering is what we, as collectors, have always wanted: quality advice on what to buy and answers to “Who’s got the goods? After the warmest December to February quarter in over a century, spring turned cool, wet and gloomy. Copyright © 2000-19 by Burghound.com; published quarterly. Compared to 1893.

July and August were both cool months, with double the annual rainfall and less sunshine than usual; at that point, the vintage looked bleak. High sugars, incomplete phenolic maturities. And feel free to poke around the site and be sure to voice your opinions to let us know what you think.