Tasting

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Each vintage brings out the character of its terroirs in its own way. Soil, grape variety, sunshine, temperature, rainfall (especially in late summer and early autumn) all contribute to bring out the wines' expression, subtly different every year.

Different every time, but always closely linked to the soil which imprints its character on them from the start, but seasonal conditions also make their mark. the aromatic intensity and power of a given wine may be variable. This offers the wine-lover the pleasure of making discoveries, of experiencing excitement of discovery: terroir gives the framework, yearly conditions add the detail.

2005

The winter was cold and rather harsh with an unexpected snowfall at the beginning of March, but the second half of that month was sunny and warm, leading to bud-burst around April 15th. Cold, rainy weather followed till mid-May. In June, high temperatures brought on rapid flowering, vigorous growth and quickly-swelling grape bunches.

The summer was sunny and dry, but cool. In late August and early September some patchy showers allowed maturation to proceed strongly. Picking began in the second half of September with the grapes in excellent health, ripe and well-balanced.

The chardonnays showed excellent maturity and good acidity. A well-balanced year.

The reds were dense, tannic (but not aggressively so) and with good structure.

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