2013 Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Rouge

Anne Gros waited until October 7 to start harvesting because she felt that the grapes had too much acidity and wanted to get riper tannins. Eventually she brought in her grand crus with potential alcohol in the healthy 12% to 12.5% range (following the elimination of the pink grapes) and chaptalized "a bit more than one degree." She used slightly less new oak than usual in 2013 and although she routinely destems all of her fruit she vinified with about 60% uncrushed berries in '13. "The 2013s do not have the structure for long aging but they will be very agreeable to drink in the medium term," she concluded. Gros sold off her Chambolle-Musigny due to losses from botrytis and wild boars, and I did not have a chance to taste her normally superb Vosne-Romanée Les Barreaux as it was in a tank without a faucet.