Sometimes Burgundy wine producers aren’t able to predict what will happen when Mother Nature doles out just about every calamity a winemaker can imagine during a grape-growing season. That’s exactly what happened in 2013.
I had heard about the problems of near-biblical proportions during the growing season and harvest—disastrous hailstorms, a lack of sun, heavy rain and rampant disease. But winemakers in Burgundy’s Côte d’Or turned out some surprisingly high-quality wines. “It’s really amazing that a year like 2013 made such excellent wines,” admits Dimitri Bazas, winemaker and general manager of the small négociant Champy. “Decades ago, it would have been really difficult.”
To read the full article, please click on the image below. This article originally appeared in 2015 Hong Kong Tatler August issue.
