2001 Pommard Vaumuriens

What with hail on August 2 of 2001, very cool weather from mid-August to mid-September, and major rainfall on September 13, the fruit was not yet ripe at the ban de vendange winemaker Yves Confuron told me, despite the fact that the team knocked off a good percentage of the crop in a late green harvest following the hail. The Domaine de Courcel did not begin harvesting until the 24th, and Confuron says the estate benefitted from a major jump in ripeness in the four days before the picking started. The ultimate production was just 26 hectoliters per hectare following strict selection in the vines, Confuron maintained, adding that the yield was the same in 2002 as well.