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.

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