Excitement is building on the Côte d’Or, with about 10 days to go the fruit is looking great, and ripening conditions have been simply superb. If, and it’s a huge IF, of course – the weather holds for the next 10 days-2 weeks, we could have a vintage of dreams in Burgundy this year.

Just got these shots in from Mounir Soauma at Lucien Le Moine – who is very excited at what he saw in the vineyards yesterday. First, Chambolle-Musigny les Amoureuses:

Then – Clos de Bèze:

And Bonnes Mares:

Wow – it really doesn’t get any better. Tiny, healthy, clean clusters, ripening under warm days and cool nights. Keep your fingers crossed – anything could happen, but the potential is really really nice right now! More as it happens…

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