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2014 Bordeaux hit by hail
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:57 am
by DavidG
A lot of damage. Sounds like many of the big names escaped the worst damage. I imagine the little guys are most vulnerable financially.
http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/50122
Re: 2014 Bordeaux hit by hail
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 4:03 pm
by Tom In DC
While devastating for yields, the quality of the 2014 vintage is not in danger. "We are in the flowering period, so there is no impact on the quality, only the quantity," said Pierre Graffeuille, commercial director for the Delon family estates, which includes cru Bourgeois Château Potensac and second-growth Château Léoville Las Cases. "The same thing for the 2015 vintage, when the weak wood will impact the quantity but not the quality."
Just what we need - another two vintages where they can justify price increases due to short supply...
Re: 2014 Bordeaux hit by hail
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 11:00 pm
by dstgolf
Look in the mirror boys!!! Does it really matter!
Re: 2014 Bordeaux hit by hail
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 12:21 am
by DavidG
Doesn't matter in terms of whether I'm buying, I'm not. But I'm still interested in what's happening in Bordeaux. So yes, it does matter.
Re: 2014 Bordeaux hit by hail
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:40 pm
by Chateau Vin
As if it is not enough, the hail hit Burgundy this time...
http://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2014/06/ ... dy-vintage
Re: 2014 Bordeaux hit by hail
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:24 pm
by Harry C.
Don't we hear a hail story just about every year in Bordeaux?
Re: 2014 Bordeaux hit by hail
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:06 pm
by brodway
I'm currently in Beaune and can confirm that Chateau Pommard lost at least 50% of their potential harvest. Moving to Cote de Nuits tomorrow to visit Gevrey Chambertin and Nuits St. Georges, but the mood at the estates seems to have been brought down by difficult weather.
Re: 2014 Bordeaux hit by hail
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:17 pm
by JimHow
Wow!
I expect a full report brodway.
Re: 2014 Bordeaux hit by hail
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:10 am
by brodway
Report to follow once i get back from my trip. In the interim, i will throw a teaser and say i met up with an old time BWE member Tim in Paris and we shared a bottle of 1966 Margaux that he was generous enough to open over his lovely historic flat in the heart of the Marais.
Re: 2014 Bordeaux hit by hail
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:12 am
by brodway
Also visited Chateau du Meursault in Meursault and they too were terribly hit by the hail.