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One of the side effects of the shortfall in crop in 2019, coupled with the growing number of producers reliant on contracted fruit, is that portfolios can change year-to-year if a contract ends or there is simply no fruit at the right price. The flipside is that new labels appear to replace them. Case in point, Nicolas Harbour told me that prefaced our tasting telling me that there are new additions such as the Meursault Porusots and Les Charmes, a maiden Puligny Les Combettes, and some disappearances such as their Pommard Les Chanlins. “It was definitely an interesting vintage,” he remarked. “The picking started 12 September and finished on 22 September. We didn’t have problems finishing sugars and the alcohol levels are around 14.0°. Yields are normal except for the whites that are around 25% less than usual. The wines were racked two months earlier. All the reds were de-stemmed and we will bottle around the end of February or March. There is more freshness and elegance on the 2019s. Maybe there is more balance in the 2019 and less gourmandise than the previous vintage.” This was another fine set of wines from Nicolas and Colleen Harbour, perhaps better than the 2018s that I tasted last year. I particularly liked their Gevrey-Chambertin La Combe Aux Moines that benefitted from its location on the higher reaches of the incline, which was followed up by a terrific Charmes-Chambertin. Dark horse? The Santenay Les Gravières 1er Cru Blanc that is bestowed with wonderful energy.

From La Lumière Noire: 2019 Burgundy - Côte de Beaune (Dec 2020) by Neal Martin

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