"Buy underdogs in great years and bleu chips in smaller years" . This saying has rarely been more true considering the conditions of the 2024 harvest and the prices currently offered!
- Challenging climatic conditions: pressure from downy mildew during flowering, a lot of rain during the winter and in June, dry and sunny months in July/August (salvatory!) but heavy rain during the harvest;
- A technical vintage, expensive to produce and with heterogeneous results but offering unprecedented outcomes given these conditions: many have remarkably overcome adversity;
- A triumphant aromatic complexity compensating for a lack of alcoholic and tannic power. While a rich vintage is often more alcoholic, 2024 escapes this and offers a new pleasure: that of drinking to satisfaction without feeling burdened.
- An economic context under pressure: declining Chinese consumption for 24 months, wars, and now the threat of American taxes and a weak dollar added to it.
- Challenging climatic conditions: pressure from downy mildew during flowering, a lot of rain during the winter and in June, dry and sunny months in July/August (salvatory!) but heavy rain during the harvest;
- A technical vintage, expensive to produce and with heterogeneous results but offering unprecedented outcomes given these conditions: many have remarkably overcome adversity;
- A triumphant aromatic complexity compensating for a lack of alcoholic and tannic power. While a rich vintage is often more alcoholic, 2024 escapes this and offers a new pleasure: that of drinking to satisfaction without feeling burdened.
- An economic context under pressure: declining Chinese consumption for 24 months, wars, and now the threat of American taxes and a weak dollar added to it.
CONCLUSION: A heterogeneous vintage, with a great freshness, offering a beautiful aromatic complexity and meant to be enjoyed young! And among those who have successfully overcome the challenges of the vintage, the best news lies in the Primeur offering: many wines are being released at their lowest prices in ten years!
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