Wine for sale: Burgundy 2013

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Burgundy | 2013 vintage

Like 2012, 2013 was a complicated and difficult to manage year for all winegrowers in the region. However, results for this vintage are slightly better than they were for the previous year and the balance is generally better, even if the wines aren't quite as powerful as 2012's greatest successes. All the same, as in any delicate year, buyers should proceed with care, and look primarily to the best producers. These are often the organic or biodynamic vineyards, or, at the very least, those paying great attention to their vines.

In this region as well, the vintage was slow to develop (harvests in October) following a "sluggish" summer and what one wine grower vividly described as a "long and painful birth". Once again, hail storms caused problems in the Côte de Beaune region, especially in Meursault, Volnay and Pommard.

Côte de Nuits has produced some well-balanced reds. These may be livelier than in 2012 (where some reds seem a little too "sunny"), and are certainly less powerful, but they have a delicate quality and are an accurate reflection of the hierarchy of terroirs. All in all, these are easy to drink and enjoyable wines. Once again however, output is low.

On the Côte de Beaune, white wines, with a livelier balance than in 2012, seem slightly better than the reds, as appellation areas for the latter were seriously affected by hail storms and the outcome, at times, is a slightly earthy taste. "Lesser" appellations (Saint-Romain, Saint-Aubin, etc.) have produced equally successful red and white wines at comparatively restrained prices. On the Côte Chalonnaise, Rully seems to have produced a good vintage.

Chablis did not have an easy year but the grands crus seem to have performed respectably and the best premiers crus (especially on the right bank) have been successful. However, production levels for the appellation are low (down 25% on the typical average).

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White
2013
2,500
2013
130
2013
250
2013
175
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2013
130
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2013
60
2013
920
2013
920
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2013
99
2013
20 (current price)
2013
120 (starting price)
2013
250 (starting price)
2013
135 (starting price)
2013
200 (starting price)
2013
100 (starting price)
2013
300 (starting price)
2013
30 (starting price)
2013
45 (starting price)
2013
200 (starting price)
2013
400 (starting price)
2013
70 (current price)
2013
140 (starting price)
2013
23 (current price)
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20 (starting price)
2013
25 (starting price)
2013
350 (starting price)
2013
30 (starting price)
2013
70 (starting price)
2013
260 (starting price)
2013
20 (starting price)
2013
30 (starting price)
2013
140 (current price)
2013
50 (starting price)
2013
60 (starting price)
2013
140 (starting price)
2013
470 (starting price)
2013
470 (starting price)
2013
150 (current price)
2013
60 (starting price)
2013
90 (starting price)
2013
90 (starting price)
2013
120 (starting price)
2013
45 (starting price)
2013
135 (starting price)
2013
90 (current price)
2013
1,170 (starting price)
2013
160 (starting price)
2013
30 (current price)
2013
60 (starting price)
2013
270 (starting price)
2013
900
2013
18 (starting price)
2013
20 (starting price)
2013
600 (starting price)
2013
460 (starting price)
2013
30 (starting price)
2013
45 (starting price)
2013
360 (current price)
2013
340 (starting price)
2013
360 (starting price)
2013
240 (starting price)
2013
3,700 (starting price)
2013
50 (starting price)
2013
95 (starting price)
2013
126 (starting price)
2013
140 (current price)
2013
95 (starting price)
2013
63 (starting price)
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63 (starting price)
2013
108 (starting price)
2013
72 (starting price)
2013
72 (starting price)
2013
36 (starting price)
2013
36 (starting price)
2013
108 (starting price)
2013
870
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650
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500
2013
1,500