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1997 Meursault Village

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Meursault

Burgundy

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Chardonnay

Vintages
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In late May, Jean-Francois Coche still was musing about the crazy weather conditions of 1998. "We had the first frost on the hillside since 1945, and the first serious sunburn since 1947," said Coche, who removed 10% of his Corton-Charlemagne grapes with tweezers for fear of getting a burnt taste in the wine. And if that wasn't enough of a challenge, a helicopter carrying out vineyard treatments crashed into his Corton-Charlemagne plot during the summer, destroying 45 vines. Coche, reliably conservative when it comes to rating vintages, describes 1998 as "une bonne moyenne " But the average for Coche is better than exceptional for most white wine producers of the Cote d'Or. Although the fruit came in with slightly lower sugars than in the previous year, Coche did very little batonnage as the wines already possessed enough fat following the extended alcoholic fermentations.