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Domaine Albert Morot

With the 2012 vintage, this domain has officially converted to organic farming (it will be certified as of 2014), and winemaker Geoffrey Choppin de Janvry believes that bio techniques are already giving his wines a better balance through less-rough tannins. He carried out a gentle extraction in 2012--one pigeage per day during the first days of fermentation, then only remontage and no post-fermentation maceration--and views these wines as round and fruity enough to be enjoyed in their youth. But with the possible exception of the Marconnets and Teurons, he does not believe the 2012s have a big structure for aging--nor, for that matter, do they have the balance of the 2011s. "They lack a little fat and roundness," he told me, then described 2012 as "like a denser version of 2002." Yields here were generally under 20 hectoliters per hectare in '12, except for the Bressandes and Teurons (28 to 30 h/h), "as the vines on calcaire better resisted the extremes of the growing season." Choppin de Janvry did a "careful" triage for mildew and dried grapes. Potential alcohol levels in 2012 were between 12.8% and 13.1% and the wines were lightly chaptalized. Except for the Beaune Greves, which was still in barrel, the wines had been racked into cuves three weeks prior to my visit.

From 2012 Red Burgundies (Jan 2014) by Stephen Tanzer

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2012 Savigny-Les-Beaune La Batailliere Aux Vergelesses

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