In total, 108 elite tasters, including winegrowers, traders, restaurateurs, sommeliers, representatives of cooperative cellars, presidents of winegrowers’ unions, wine industry partners, and journalists, gathered in the Great Cellar of the Château du Clos de Vougeot for this important blind tasting.

The wines being examined ranged from the Chablis to the Mâconnais, from Régionale appellations to Grand Crus, with both still wines and sparkling Crémant de Bourgognes.

This selection is a rigorous one and the percentage of winning wines attests to the severity of the challenge.

Of all the wines tasted, just 201 were awarded the Tastevinage label. They included 107 reds, 70 whites, and 24 Crémant de Bourgogne wines. Together, they accounted for around 30% of all wines tasted.

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At the beginning of April, the Bourgogne region was hit by a wave of frost, unprecedented in terms of both its extent and its intensity. The entire region was affected to some degree, unlike in 2016 when the Mâconnais and Côte Chalonnaise were spared.

Because of the extent of the frost damage, it is impossible, at the time of writing, to assess the consequences for the future harvest.
Here is what we can say for now:
- The entire region was affected, from Chablis and the Grand Auxerrois down to the Mâconnais
- The Chardonnay and Aligoté varietals were more advanced, and as such, seem to have been much more impacted than the Pinot Noir.
- Destruction within plots ranges from 20% to 80% of the buds, and is up to 100% in some sectors

Our hope lies in the resilience of the vines and the fact that the buds still in the cotton wool stage may have been spared.
In general terms, there is enough Bourgogne wine to meet demand, after three decent harvests yielding just over 1.5 million hectoliters on average. Many white appellations also benefit from the VCI (Volume Compensatoire Individuel) scheme which will allow producers to partially offset losses from the 2021 vintage.