2013 Musigny Grand Cru

"Gevrey-Chambertin and Marsannay were the winners in 2013," said CEO/advisor Bernard Hervet. "The vines on much of the Côte de Beaune were stressed because of hail, which changed the nature of the fruit. Most of these wines lack the primary aromas of Pinot Noir." But even on the Côte de Nuits, there were significant differences owing to the weather, the most important of which was the rainfall on September 29. "We had 42 millimeters of rain in Nuits-Saint-Georges and only 12 in Gevrey, and that made a big difference," Hervet told me. Virtually all of the 2013s made here were destemmed, and the wines, says Hervet, "are more easily digestible than the the 2012s." Hervet likes the 2013s considerably more than he did prior to the 2014 harvest, noting that "the oak only became integrated in the last month or two." In the beginning he thought 2013 was like 2008, but the skin ripeness is much better in 2013. "There are a lot of phenolic components in the thick skins of 2013, and the wines show great color for a cold vintage. The wines are in the same vein as 1993 and 1988."