FINALLY, a regular size crop in Burgundy??

WINE TALK
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It is obviously a long 100 day road between flowering and harvest, but the sunshine and warmth of the last week plus has allowed for a relatively homogeneous and even flowering, now complete (at least in Vosne where I was last night). Maxime Cheurlin said it is the first time since he took over the domaine that he can say so…whew.
There is also no sign of any vine maladies at this point. (again, only speaking with a few growers)
Barring catastrophic hail, that cruel and wily wild card, quantities should be good this year.
Hopefully, folks in the Cote de Beaune (Savigny, Pommard, Volnay in particular) can begin to recoup some part of their losses.
Some negociants have already lowered some of their prices in anticipation of the crop size.
Hopefully for consumers, pricing will remain stable or even lower, but I somehow doubt that…
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i really cross my fingers for them, it looks ok right know, but there is still the danger of hail. the last years were really terrible, jacques carillon told me a few weeks ago that he has lost up to 70% in some of his vineyards in 2013.

i think a large crop with average quality would be the best for the market.

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2.5 to 3 months to go…

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EVEN LOWER prices for Burgundy? Wow! How low can you go? [wow.gif]

[I just can’t help myself]

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Hey, better hope for it Mike! You might be able to afford that long-delayed trip—to France!!!

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Dont count your clusters until they are ripe. I share hope they avoid hail this year, but BDX was not so lucky a couple weeks back.