2012s From Sylvie Esmonin: "Un Beau Millesime, Très Fin!"

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"2012, A beautiful vintage, very fine" says Sylvie Esmonin.

"In 2012 we had a tiny harvest. We had a rigorous winter with 15 days below freezing, a variable Spring with a bit of frost, a cool period during the flowering, then coulure and millerandange (poor and irregular fruit set), a bit of hail on June 30th and a summer with a strong and rapid variation of temperatures causing shriveling of some grapes. This capricious climate brought a great deal of maladies, but the Pinot Noir and the vigneronne are well adapted to this difficult weather and the very summer-like month of September permitted us to harvest a small quantity of healthy and perfectly balanced grapes. The wines have beautiful, vibrant color and intense aromas with lovely aromatic complexity, a silky palate and very good length - they make the terroir of each parcel sing. Their very elegant and persistent aromas and their freshness on the palate assure a good potential for aging."

Please pardon our awkward translation, but you get the idea - a difficult vintage that produced a very small quantity of very lovely wines! (Sorry for the small quantities - 4 btl max on Gevrey VV and 2 btl max on CSJ. January 13th arrival)