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The 2024 Vintage in Bourgogne: Flowering Sets the Pace!
The unstable spring weather and climatic incidents at the beginning of May have caused a delay in flowering, which suggests a prolonged harvest period.
2024 is far from being a smooth ride for winegrowers. The almost omnipresent rain has required backbreaking work in the vineyards to control vegetation and mildew. Nevertheless, morale remains high, with flowering progressing relatively well, even though it spans nearly two weeks from the north to the south of Bourgogne.
This spring's weather has been most unusual. The last ten days of April were particularly cool, with several nights of frost. May continued to be cool, despite a brief period of milder weather between May 10 and 13. Afterwards, temperatures fluctuated around normal levels until the end of the month and into early June.
Temperatures began to rise from June 5. This favored the very first flowers observed from this date in early-ripening areas. These areas benefited from seasonal weather, with temperatures slightly above normal, resulting in rapid flowering.
Less early-ripening areas experienced a return to cooler temperatures at the beginning of the second ten days of June, slowing down the flowering process. A sudden rise in temperatures from June 17 onwards enabled flowering to progress well.
Across Bourgogne, the estimated mid-flowering stage is close to those observed in 2019 or 2021. Some are talking about the start of harvest around September 8-10, slightly earlier for Crémant de Bourgogne and early-ripening areas.
The Maranges vineyard, which produces mainly red wine from Pinot Noir, and a bit of white wine from Chardonnay, is located at the southern end of the Côte de Beaune, bordering the Côte Chalonnaise. The 1988 harvest marked the birth of the Maranges AOC, covering the three villages of Cheilly-lès-Maranges, Dezize-lès-Maranges and Sampigny-lès-Maranges. This AOC flourishes in a landscape full of softness and character.
The hillsides do not follow the alignment of the Côte de Beaune, but they share the same origin and geological nature. It's a tapestry of varied hills and slopes. The most frequent exposure is south/southeast, at altitudes between 240 and 400 meters.
In the Cozanne valley, Cheilly has fairly light and stony soils. Sampigny and Dezize have brown limestone and marl soils.
Character of the wines: Red wine: Raspberry ruby color, sometimes darker with violet hues, and brilliant. The bouquet of the Maranges appellation bursts with fruit aromas (blackcurrant bud, spiced red fruit, and even candied fruit). Fresh and with hints of licorice, the palate is coated with fullness and peppery flavors. There's just enough acidity to allow it to age for 3 or 4 years, with a few additional years for the best vintages. With its smooth and welcoming tannins, it's well-structured, integrated, and intensely vinous. White wine: With a delicate golden color, this wine speaks the language of white flowers (hawthorn, acacia, honeysuckle) as its mother tongue, with nuances of flint or honey emerging with age, contributing to its personality. The Maranges appellation is characterized by a subtle and supple quality.
Food pairing Red wines: Warm and fluid, these wines are distinguished by their fine and supple tannic structure. The Maranges appellation naturally complements poultry and red meats, without overpowering them with its tannins, especially in their exotic and spicy versions, where its beautiful peppery vinosity shines. The same applies to egg rolls, grilled ribs and braised pork, whose strong aromas require a wine with explosive notes of fruit and spices. Serving temperature: 14 to 16°C.
White wines: Its suppleness and subtlety, with floral nuances, naturally point the Maranges appellation towards cold vegetable starters, antipasti and fish terrines. However, the fluidity, subtlety and floral finesse of this wine make it equally well-suited to lightly fried fine fish, from both the sea and freshwater. Its natural liveliness also goes well with slightly tangy hard cheeses such as cantal or gouda. Serving temperature: 12 to 13°C.
The BIVB, in partnership with the Japan Sommelier Association (JSA), is organizing a series of seminars to discover Bourgogne wines.
This series of seminars will take place in six different Japanese cities, highlighting the wines of Chablis and the Bourgogne and Mâcon appellations with geographical indication. The program includes a theoretical session and tastings of several wines illustrating the diversity of each appellation's terroirs.
• The dates for the Mâcon and Bourgogne + geographical indication seminars are July 3 in Nagano and July 10 in Aichi.
• The Chablis seminars will start on July 22 in Kanagawa, August 19 in Hiroshima, September 12 in Ishikawa, and August 28 in Kumamoto.
To participate, you must be a member of the JSA and contact the association for further details.
The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) is organizing three unique training sessions in Canada! This initiative aims to strengthen ties with local wines experts and offer new ways to present the Bourgogne region and its wines.
The "A Moment with Chablis" workshops will welcome 30 trade professionals per session. These sessions are designed to provide a full immersion into the world of Chablis wines, starting with a presentation of the region and an in-depth look at the Chablis wine appellations, followed by a blind tasting of wines during a lunch based on food and wine pairings. This format allows guests to focus on the quality and appropriateness of the proposed pairings, as well as encouraging discussion among participants.
See you in:
• Vancouver on September 16
• Edmonton on September 17
• Montreal on September 23
Canada is a key market for Chablis wines: It currently represents 8.1% of Chablis wine export sales and 8.6% of exported volumes. This market has increased by 68% in volume and 138% in value between 2014 and 2023!
"Bourgogne on Tour": A series of master classes in the United Kingdom in 2024
The "Bourgogne on Tour" program from the BIVB, in partnership with The Drinks Business, is an opportunity to taste Bourgogne wines at eight master classes dedicated exclusively to trade professionals throughout the United Kingdom in 2024.
Don't miss the last two sessions!
Edinburgh, September 16, for an exclusive master class dedicated to a category of appellations that will surprise you in many ways.
Cambridge, September 30. Explore the diversity hidden behind the apparent simplicity of Chablis Premier Cru.
Book now to ensure you don't miss this unique opportunity to deepen your knowledge and discover lesser-known aspects of Bourgogne and Chablis wines.
These workshops are reserved for professionals, with a limited number of places available.
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Focus on "Bourgogne: The Winemakers' Cut" 2024: an exceptional year!
Discover the success of our 5 international trade tastings in 2024
In 2024, the Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) organized a series of international professional tastings under the evocative slogan "Bourgogne: The Winemakers' Cut". These events distinguished themselves in the teeming landscape of global tastings and trade shows by proposing an original theme that weaves a captivating parallel between the behind-the-scenes of a film and the making of a wine, plunging participants into a world where each bottle tells a story.
Between January and May, five strategically chosen cities - London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Stockholm and Oslo - hosted these events, based on their professionals' proven interest in Bourgogne wines.
The numbers speak for themselves: more than 1,300 industry professionals turned out for the tastings, demonstrating their enthusiasm and appreciation for this initiative. More than 160 exhibitors, including winegrowers, merchants and importers, were present, and no fewer than 38 press articles were published, illustrating the impact of these events on promoting the wines of Bourgogne.
The 2022 vintage successfully charmed even the most discerning palates, while the theme highlighting lesser-known appellations was particularly well received, offering a new perspective on the richness and diversity of Bourgogne wines.
Thanks to all wine professionals who attended these events. We hope to see you again soon!
Chablis wines continue to flourish in the United States, making it the leading market by value and the second largest by volume in 2023 for Chablis wine exports. They reached 3 million bottles (+6.7% compared to 2022), generating 368 million euros (+19% compared to 2022). Petit Chablis and Chablis accounted for 83% of export volumes, while Chablis Premier Cru and Grand Cru accounted for 17%.
The growing US economy is helping to drive this positive trend, with projected sales growth of 27% for 2024. The share of Chablis wines in Bourgogne shipments is increasing, accounting for 26% of Bourgogne white wine sales in the United States.
American wine consumers are growing in number but aging, with a strong preference for red wine, followed by white wine. The main distribution channels remain supermarkets and liquor stores, with increased consumption in restaurants and bars in the post-pandemic period.
Ranked 6th and 7th respectively in terms of export volume for Bourgogne wines, Sweden and Norway reduced their purchases in 2023, but remain staunch consumers.
For once, Crémant de Bourgogne took the lion's share of the market in these two countries, appreciated for its price/quality ratio and freshness.
In Sweden, it accounted for 40% of imports, compared with 48% for white wines and 12% for red wines. Crémant de Bourgogne has been growing steadily over the past twenty years and achieved a fine performance in 2023: +16.5% in volume and +17.8% in value compared to 2022. And the trend is looking good over the first few months of 2024.
Between 2017 and 2021, Bourgogne has grown significantly in Sweden in terms of both volume and sales, reaching a record in 2020. In 2023, exports returned to 2019 levels after two years of decline, partly due to volume shortfalls from the 2021 vintage, which were down 10.7% in volume and down 8.4% by value compared to 2022.
The first months of 2024, bolstered by volumes from the 2022 vintage, appear to show an upward trend in exports.
In 2023, sales figures from the Norwegian monopoly Vinmonopolet indicate that Crémant de Bourgogne accounted for 37% of total sales, compared with 46% for white wines and 17% for reds. It is currently the best-selling sparkling wine category, just behind prosecco!
Vinmonopolet represents the largest portion of Bourgogne wine sales in Norway, with the rest primarily associated with the restaurant sector. After the records set in 2020 and 2021, sales of Bourgogne wines have settled back to a slower pace but significantly higher than in the 2010s. In 2023, Bourgogne sold 4.44 million bottles (+44% compared to 2019) for nearly 98.4 million euros (+8.1% compared to 2022 and +86% compared to 2019).
Bourgogne vs. Burgundy: to re-affirm their identity, the region and the producers are reverting back to the original French iteration of the name, Bourgogne.
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