Recent mid Loire vintages?

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Anyone care to offer general thoughts about these? '21, '22, '23?

Ironic now it's mostly about avoiding phat vintages.
 
True pretty much across France. Nightmare for the viticulturist. A blessing for the consumer of 'classic' Chablis, et. al.
 
The '21s I've had have generally been crisper and lighter while the '22s have been richer and more concentrated (as others have noted). Not that I've had that much.

But, also, very producer-specific. I've found the '21 Roches Neuve Memoire to be pretty fruit-forward and rich (producer trumping vintage).

I'm assuming '21 was a difficult vintage for Dagueneau because I believe he dumped all his grapes into one cuvee (which I liked -- very fresh and linear, but seems to me to be very un-Dagueneau in style).

In contrast, the '22 Vacheron Sancerre Les Romains seemed rich and tropical.

Very small sample size to make vintage generalizations, but it's what I've got.

Speaking of '23, I really don't know what the vintage is like generally, but the '23 Boudignon Rose was really delicious!
 
the regional vintage reports in vinous.com are thorough and detailed. I especially like their reports on burgundy, Chablis, and the Loire valley--lower, middle, and upper.
 
originally posted by robert ames:
the regional vintage reports in vinous.com are thorough and detailed. I especially like their reports on burgundy, Chablis, and the Loire valley--lower, middle, and upper.
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Thanks for this - very helpful.

Funny how vintage charts used to be to avoid rainy cool vintages...now to avoid hot dry.

Funny hahaha.
 
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