2022 Vintage Burgundies of Louis Jadot

The 2022 vintage was one of the hottest and driest ever seen in Burgundy, like 2023 and even 1947. However, the vines were able to easily meet this challenge. The Jadot team believes that their vineyards are adapting to climate change, and the 2022 vintage provides hope that this is indeed the case.

For the white wines, the level of ripeness is high but not overblown. Starting to pick in August helped to retain acidity. The aromas are very expressive, suggesting a good level of complexity. The red wines are deeply colored without being inky like the 2018s or 2020s, a sign that hydric stress was well‑managed. The dark grapes have excellent ripeness, but like the whites are not excessive. Modest acidities place emphasis on the silky tannic textures. The fruit shows a nice complexity and density, and promises wines of great freshness.

- paraphrased from the Maison Louis Jadot 2022 Vintage En Primeur Barrel Tasting presentation, January, 2024

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2021 Vintage Burgundies of Louis Jadot

2021 was a year which challenged Burgundian vignerons in ways few have ever seen. First, the plain facts: in the Côte d’Or yields for whites were 1⁄4; of a normal crop, and for reds 1⁄3; of a normal crop. And in Chablis and the Mâconnais yields were just 1⁄2; of normal. Following two small harvests this now leaves the markets dramatically short of Burgundy wines. The weather events were of course enormously challenging and allude directly to the continuing effects of climate change. But rather than any single measurable extreme it was instead the volatility and timing of multiple events that challenged the region. The trend to earlier budbreak, severe frost, violent storms, hydric stress, and heat stress is becoming the expected norm, and it’s a triumph that good wines were produced at all.

- paraphrased from the Maison Louis Jadot 2021 Vintage En Primeur Barrel Tasting presentation, January, 2023

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