Hail on the Côte des Blancs

[Sharon Bowman]

Sad times.

 

[Rahsaan]

Ouch.

And 2013 is not looking good for farmers in many places. In the good ole' Southern US, folks have also been hit pretty hard.

 

[MLipton]

According to a winemaker in Baden yesterday, 2013 is shaping up up to be a very good year right now. That may augur well for Alsace, too.

Mark Lipton

 

[Peter Creasey]

A lot of Texas is in a lingering drought condition.

. . . . . Pete

 

[Claude Kolm]

originally posted by MLipton:
It's not so bad in BadenAccording to a winemaker in Baden yesterday, 2013 is shaping up up to be a very good year right now.

Mark Lipton

Same from a top Nahe producer yesterday.

 

[Yixin]

Savoie has been bad so far. I'll write about the Loire but it'll take too long. Alsace (okay, Haut-Rhin) is okay.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Claude Kolm:

originally posted by MLipton:
It's not so bad in BadenAccording to a winemaker in Baden yesterday, 2013 is shaping up up to be a very good year right now.

Mark Lipton

Same from a top Nahe producer yesterday.

Though one has to wonder how many more days like this one (it reached 39 C on the A5 today) it'll take for 2013 to turn into 2003 redux...

Mark Lipton

 

[Claude Kolm]

originally posted by MLipton:

originally posted by Claude Kolm:

originally posted by MLipton:
It's not so bad in BadenAccording to a winemaker in Baden yesterday, 2013 is shaping up up to be a very good year right now.

Mark Lipton

Same from a top Nahe producer yesterday.

Though one has to wonder how many more days like this one (it reached 39 C on the A5 today) it'll take for 2013 to turn into 2003 redux...

Mark Lipton

It would take quite a few. And don't forget, there was also drought in 2003, not the case this year. Finally, 2003 is generally a good year in Germany.

 

[georg lauer]

originally posted by Claude Kolm:
Finally, 2003 is generally a good year in Germany.

What do you like about it? I am quite happy that most of my 2003s were lost in shipment...

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

My 2003 J.J. Christoffels have been quite good, both Spaet- and Auslesen. Still working through the latter. A little plush, yes, but they develop well.

 

[kirk wallace]

Merkelbach and Willi Schaefer.

 

[Salil Benegal]

Schaefer's 03s are damn good. I also really like the sweeter wines I've had from Diel, von Othegraven, and AJ Adam - his Dhron Hofberger Tholey Auslese is incredible. Some of the other '03s I've had recently have shown really nicely (from Hexamer, Saarstein, Eva Clusserath, and Leitz), much fresher and more vibrant than I'd expect and very well balanced.

 

[Cliff]

Just had J.-J. Prum's WS Spatlese, which has barely budged. It is still full of gas and sulphur, but the proportions are right, and it's amazingly fresh. It will surely live longer than I do.