2018 Burgundy: Confounded Expectations
BY NEAL MARTIN |
God surveys the vines
As far as the eye can see.
Golden slopes that we all know as
Bur-gun-dy.
He laments the rise in prices,
How much He now must pay.
For even on a deity’s wage
He can buy only
Beaujolais.
Mother Nature tells Him
She’s going to play a prank.
And though it may vex vignerons,
Nature they will thank.
When pickers arrive at wineries,
Heaving vinous loads,
Berries will be crushed, and watch...
Juice then doth explode!!
Burgundy can be confounding at the best of times, both in a positive and negative sense. For many, that’s part of its allure. The 2018 vintage sprung many surprises, thankfully many of them positive. The bigger question is whether it is a harbinger of things to come.
