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With a twinge of sadness but also, it must be said, The reds are clearly very fruit driven and are so supple
with a certain sigh of relief, we finally completed this that it makes you almost want to drink them straight
spring the ageing of our historic 2023 vintage with away! And of course the typicity of each of our 41
its impressive volumes. appellations, that notorious expression of the terroir
♦ we resolutely aim for and one of the hallmarks of the
Nineteen months of meticulous work was required Domaine, is more evident than ever. These 2023 wines
to bring it into the world. And what a joy it is to have certainly have everything to please!
produced this wine that is just grandiose on every level. ♦
It’s worth a look back at the last months of its life at Our favourites this year are the Clos de Thorey and
the Domaine. As always before bottling, all the batches the Vougeot Premier Cru Le Clos Blanc de Vougeot,
passed a harmonizing period of two months in vat two of our Clos monopoles which each show powerful
together to allow the different barrels to coalesce and personalities.
mature into a single wine.
♦
Between 14 and 23 April the property was a hive
of activity as we bottled some 63,500 bottles! The The spring The spring
generous volumes of the vintage enabled us to bottle honey harvest
honey harvest
more magnums and jeroboams than ever, as they Our team leader, Quentin, is also a beekeeper, and
are in great demand and we are happy to be able to has installed our hives with his own in a cool riverside
produce these impressive formats that are ideal for environment. He is very experienced in looking after bees
laying down and offer great ageing potential. Alas, and takes care of them all with the greatest devotion.
this will not be the case for the 2024 vintage in view This spring he extracted the first nectar from the hives of
of the microscopic harvest, meaning we can only offer our honeybees, and it’s magnificent! The honey is almost
it in standard bottles. But as the old saying goes….
vintages come and go, and no two are the same.
♦
And to complete the tour of our appellations, final
bottlings of Gevrey-Chambertin, Les Evocelles and
La Justice, Nuits-Saint-Georges Premiers Crus Clos
de Thorey Monopole, Damodes and Corvées Pagets.
These wines will be despatched to their various
destinations in September, after several months’ rest
in the cellar.
♦
Our tastings confirm our first impressions of this
full and lusciously fruity vintage. The whites are
positively bewitching, stunningly fragrant, highly
aromatic, and perfectly balanced with a profile that
brings to mind the character of the 2013s. The hot
year and the harvest in August had no detrimental
effect on the wine as might have been expected. On
the contrary the wines are superbly fresh.