All good points. FWIW, Gilman noted that the rains seemed to come at just the right time to help the vines/grapes and did echo the statement you’ve seen elsewhere regarding evening temps.
Evening temperatures, even during the heat of July and August, were cooler than had been the case in other recent hot vintages, such as 2018, which allowed for a retention of freshness in the fruit and which seems to have translated beautifully into the finished wines I have tasted so far.
He noted that alcohol is mostly in the 12.5 to 13 percent range, but also that ripening was uneven and younger vines didn’t fare as well.
Domaine Huët in Vouvray were able to produce a full roster of different bottlings in 2022, from exceptional Sec cuvées all the way up to Moelleux and Moelleux 1er Trie bottlings in this vintage. There was modest botrytis for the latter bottlings, but many of the sweeter wines were made from desiccated golden berries, rather than botrytized bunches, so there is a lovely purity to the sweeter wines from the domaine.
Try before you buy is certainly not a bad strategy, though, especially given that Huet’s wines are easier to track down. Just passing along the encouraging notes, and also a thanks to those on this forum who recommended Gilman’s excellent publication!
I can’t speak to 2022 specifically, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a report about a warm vintage where the evenings weren’t “cooler than usual.” Bonus points if the crop was “saved” by perfectly-timed rain and if the resulting wines have “surprising” freshness in spite of the torrid conditions.
Just got an email. WDC deal - Capital one is 24% for new customers and 18% for existing customers. Not sure if this is just an email offer, but it’s also showing in the app
Reading the fine print on the Cap1 offer- does not apply to purchase or redemption of gift cards. Could understand not applying to redemption, since might have received points for the purchase. But not applying to purchase seems unreasonable. I don’t often buy WDC gift cards, so really not sure if I get points for purchase.
Sherri…Thank you for pointing out…found one for one of my cards.
On a completely different topic, I saw your posts on WB re what’s going on in your area. My youngest brother lives outside Tel Aviv and my daughter is in college where there was a pro-Palestinian rally last week that quickly turned anti-Israel. Everyone is safe and dealing with the reality of the situation and the battle that has to be fought at pretty much all costs.
Not meeting the requirements for the Candy30 promo code. Doesn’t change even if the cart goes up to $300+. So there may be some other limiting factor here. Perhaps for newer customers?