Vintage
2001
Cool
The wettest harvest since 1873
Rarely declared
July storms, then a cold, wet September with rot and dilution. Large, underripe and dilute, with a few notable exceptions.
The harvest
Picking beganLate September
Heavy rain for most of the first three weeks of September. Some sites carried over twice the 11,000 kg/ha limit. Much lower sugar. Dom Pérignon skipped it.