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2001 Vin Gris

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Tasting Date: 24th March 2016

As is often the case with older vintages of Vin Gris, this tastes rather like a base wine for a blanc de noir Champagne, it has a real old world mineral nature, taut, but floral with richness in the leesy character and still plenty of life in it. Ageing very well.
 

Vintage Summary 2001

Growing Season & Vintage Conditions

After the lower yielding 2000 vintage, 2001 was large and similar to 1999. Incredibly hot, sunny and stable weather during the flowering in early-mid December gave us the most successful, fastest and most even flowering yet seen. A warm summer but with the heavier crops, harvest started on April 6. Again, due to the large crop we performed a saignee and made a Vin Gris from many of the Pinot Noir fermenters. The wines are elegant and racy with perhaps not the depth that we should normally achieve.

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2001 Vin Gris

DOWNLOAD TASTING NOTE

Tasting Date: 24th March 2016

As is often the case with older vintages of Vin Gris, this tastes rather like a base wine for a blanc de noir Champagne, it has a real old world mineral nature, taut, but floral with richness in the leesy character and still plenty of life in it. Ageing very well.
 

Vintage Summary 2001

Growing Season & Vintage Conditions

After the lower yielding 2000 vintage, 2001 was large and similar to 1999. Incredibly hot, sunny and stable weather during the flowering in early-mid December gave us the most successful, fastest and most even flowering yet seen. A warm summer but with the heavier crops, harvest started on April 6. Again, due to the large crop we performed a saignee and made a Vin Gris from many of the Pinot Noir fermenters. The wines are elegant and racy with perhaps not the depth that we should normally achieve.