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Patrick Landanger told me he picked late in 2004, "with too much sugar. "As a result, he added, the wines went into barrel with a bit of sugar yet to be fermented, and the malos were very slow to finish. Most of these wines finished their secondary fermentations only in September of 2005 and were in tank by November, but a few, including Landanger's two Corton cuvees, were not yet finished and were impossible to assess with confidence. Helped immeasurably by his high-tech winery, which is on six levels, Landanger did a trie in the vines, then a further sorting on a vibrating triage table, followed by another selection after the destemming process, sometimes berry by berry. The ultimate production in 2004 was just 27 hectoliters per hectare, according to Landanger. "For me, the hail was a good thing," he maintained. "It was like a green harvest; it corrected the high yield. "Landanger noted that he normally prunes his vines with the objective of getting 35 hectoliters per hectare without having to do a green harvest, but pointed out that the yield in 2003 was cut in half by the extreme heat of the summer. "For me 2003 is not a great vintage, and it's not a vin de garde," Landanger maintained. "Everything was too quick:the harvest, the fermentation, the malolactic. The wines were delicious by the January after the harvest!But they're very good to drink, even if the 2004s will last longer. "(A Peter Vezan selection; imported by North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; and Ideal Wines & Spirits, Medford, MA; also imported by Langdon-Shiverick, Cleveland, OH)

From 2004 and 2003 Red Burgundies (Mar 2006) by Stephen Tanzer

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2003 Corton Bressandes

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