Vintage
2023
Balanced
A huge crop where sorting decided everything
Selectively declared
Record bunch weights and a crop far above the limit, then rain, rot and a September heatwave. Chardonnay did best; Meunier struggled.
The harvest
Picking began2 September (Montgueux); most villages from 7 September
Record average bunch weight of 220 g. Natural crop about 20,500 kg/ha against a limit of 11,400 kg/ha plus reserve. Botrytis from late August. 35–38 °C on 9 September.
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