How much higher than $850 a bottle can Arnaud’s wine go?
Benoit has lowered his acid levels and his recent wines are great.
En ce qui concerne notre récolte 2019, c’est une petite moitié de récolte à cause du gel et ensuite la sécheresse des mois de juillet et août , mais le peu qu’il y a sera certainement bon.
(enfin pour ceux qui n’auront pas trop attendu pour vendanger , on entend parler chez certain de 15, 7 degrés !!! C’est de la folie !)
Il n’y aura pas beaucoup de vin chez Ente pour le Millesime 2019 , le prix va encore monter
My understanding from friends who have been in France in the last 12 months, is that Arnaud Ente wines are harder to find then Coche…I could be wrong. Price seems like it is only going one way and that is up.
nope, it was $599 for the '12 mag offered this past feb according to the email. i have noticed they priced more recent offerings in line with other wine-searcher listings. the '15 seve du clos mag was $9xx at zachys but sold out in about 24 hours. i noticed some more obscure shops offering recent vintage premier cru bottlings for <$500. these prices are obviously quite a bit less than wine-searcher but again i am certain there is even better pricing out there.
"As for our 2019 harvest, it’s a small half of the harvest because of frost and then the drought of July and August, but the little that there will be will certainly be good.
(Finally, for those who have not waited too long to harvest, we hear about some 15, 7 degrees! It’s crazy!)
There will not be much wine at Ente for the 2019 Millesime, the price will go up again"
Elaborating on the theme of the 2019 burgundy harvest outside of things Ente, Michel Mallard told me today that although yields are quite low due to the general lack of water throughout the season, what little there is has tremendous potential. Everything in red between 13.2-13.4% alcohol, with crazy good balance. Once again, sulfurless vinifications, 70%+ whole cluster for him.
Thomas Bouley’s team is qualitatively very happy, although again, yields are down in certain drought affected parcels.
Images from folks all over look like fruit is impeccably clean.
Promising birth year wine for our lil’ girl, hopefully?
Looking forward to another tasting tour bonanza in November, where I will certainly learn a lot more.
So is the harvest still ongoing, especially in the Cote de Nuits? It sounds like the Cote de Beaune is wrapping up. The weather forecast for the next couple of weeks looks to be pretty wet. Is that any problem at this point?
I don’t have any direct contact over there now, but we will be in Burgundy beginning the 9/27 for 10 days or so. Definitely taking all our rain gear!
Another vintage, this century, Nikos.
Like every vintage, different, with lots of great wines made.
One doesn’t need any of them.
One doesn’t need any wine at all.
But are there going to be nice experiences in store for those who wish to enjoy them?
Yes, just like every year.
As to pricing, on my side of the fence dealing with ex-cellars pricing and many growers both superstars and those less limelit, it has been fairly stable. Crazy increases are the exception, not the rule.
But feel free to cry yourself a river, or make yourself a snark sandwich to chew on if that satisfies whatever appetite beckons you.
I apologize in advance for my tone (particularly because you’re a nice fellow), but I am sick of people complaining about overpriced Burgundy.
There are oceans of affordable Burgundy, never has there been more, I would surmise.
But you won’t find those on auction in Hong Kong.
I would posit that the wines that keep escalating are precisely the wines that fools continue to chase at any price, then moan about how much their favorite trophy producer costs.
Authentic, emotionally captivating red and white Burgundy still exists at what I consider to be very fair prices ($40-70 US Doooolars).
You summed it up so neatly, in just one sentence.
And then I go and make a mess of things with my wordy rants…
Depending on folks’ starting dates, Monsieur Curfman, some have finished, and many will be finished by the time the rains hit (which looks to be substantial on Sunday .75 inches, and then sprinkles throughout the week .1-.2 inches per day). It would be nice if anyone who is a grower would opine on the effect of rain at this juncture, as I could take a whack at it, but would likely paint too coarse of an idea. There’s always Ponsot and the Confuron-Cotetidot/Courcel late pickers…
Despite the crazy temperatures and drought conditions, the red wine chemistry is actually pretty classical. I’m making a couple of barrels of Chambolle-Musigny this year—the best way to understand the vintage—and picked on Thursday. Potential alcohol is around 13.5% with a pH of 3.2 before malolactic. Couldn’t be much happier. By comparison, last year alcohol was 13.95% with a pH of 3.35 before malo (though there was very little malic acid so it didn’t change much).
, mais le peu qu’il y a sera certainement bon.
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