Region: White Burgundy |
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| 1962 |
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A superb vintage of exceptional quality - luscious, fruity and charming |
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| 1963 |
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Rather poor, with no wines worth noting |
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| 1964 |
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Good quality, fast-maturing wines |
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| 1965 |
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A very indifferent year |
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| 1966 |
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A good vintage with harmonious, well-balanced wines |
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| 1967 |
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Another good year with slightly lighter wines than the previous vintage |
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| 1968 |
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A poor vintage followed a wet and rainy summer |
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| 1969 |
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An excellent vintage with superbly rich and fruity wines |
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| 1970 |
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A largely indifferent year of irregular quality |
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| 1971 |
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A very fine vintage although quantities were small |
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| 1972 |
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A mixed vintage although some wines later showed a degree of finesse |
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| 1973 |
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A large harvest of moderately good wines |
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| 1974 |
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An unexceptional year with few noteworthy wines |
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| 1975 |
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An extremely poor vintage |
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| 1976 |
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A very hot year produced wines of variable quality |
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| 1977 |
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An unmemorable year and indifferent vintage for the whole of Burgundy |
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| 1978 |
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A small crop of fruity well-balanced wines |
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| 1979 |
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A large vintage notable for good concentration of fruit and overall elegance |
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| 1980 |
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A large crop of indifferent quality - hard and dilute |
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| 1981 |
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A small vintage of indifferent quality; most are light |
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| 1982 |
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Bumper vintage with attractive, quite fast-maturing wines |
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| 1983 |
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Largish crop of ripe, fruity but somewhat unbalanced wines |
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| 1984 |
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Small, average vintage with excess acidity and relatively little fruit |
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| 1985 |
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Classic, bold wines for long-term keeping |
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| 1986 |
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A variable year but the finest wines have good fruit and acidity |
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| 1987 |
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Small crop of light, early-maturing wines |
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| 1988 |
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A large harvest but the wines tend to lack concentration |
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| 1989 |
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An excellent vintage with impressively rich and opulent wines |
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| 1990 |
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Ripe, lively and pleasing wines with relatively low acidity |
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| 1991 |
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Quality is mixed; best are fruity and attractive, but tendency for lean, unstructured Chablis |
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| 1992 |
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A good crop of rounded, fruity wines rather short of acidity |
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| 1993 |
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Though acidic in their youth the best wines have become taut and rather elegant |
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| 1994 |
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Difficult, rainy vintage with rather light, thin wines with less acidity than the 1993s |
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| 1995 |
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A small vintage with rich, elegant, harmonious wines |
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| 1996 |
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Ripe, concentrated wines with well-defined fruit flavours. Excellent in Chablis giving wines with great ageing potential |
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| 1997 |
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Generally well-balanced, supple wines ideal for ageing |
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| 1998 |
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Quite fat wines of relatively low acidity. Chablis from top sites is rich and powerful |
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| 1999 |
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A large vintage with plenty of ripe fruit but relatively low acidity |
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| 2000 |
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Chablis produced potentially the best wines of the 90s. Mâconnais well-structured |
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| 2001 |
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Relatively crisp wine with good mineral definition |
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| 2002 |
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Ripe with balancing acidity. Good ageing potential. |
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| 2003 |
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Opulent wines for early drinking |
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| 2004 |
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At best, good wines - but not great with firm to racy acidity. |
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| 2005 |
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Forward wines with plenty of fruit and expression, but possibly lacking the acidity required for super long ageing |
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| 2006 |
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Wines have excellent freshness and acidity with good supporting fruit and character; a relatively precocious vintage.
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| 2007 |
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A classic vintage with searingly fresh acidity, terroir-driven fruit and good potential to age.
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