2023 Vintage in Burgundy's Côte d'Or Addendum
By mistake, I dropped the final sentence of the next-to-last paragraph of the previous post. I have now corrected it in that post. The paragraph should (and now does) read as follows, with the italicized sentence being the one that was inadvertently omitted:
The vintage conditions were generally favorable; there were problems in some locations, depending in part on how producers chose to face specific challenges. The biggest challenge was high yields. The producers I’ve visited so far, all being highly conscientious, had yields that were higher than normal, but within the realm of reason. Generally, producers reported moderate-to-low acidities and high pHs (although there were exceptions), and some producers reported high alcohols (that is, in excess of 14º). In spite of this, I have found wines of great charm and approachability with an overall high level of quality and indeed some very great wines. But I understand from my colleagues and other sources that this is not the case in all cellars, and in fact it is a vintage of very diverse quality.