The team at Domaine Jessiaume wishes you a happy new year. We hope 2018 will be prosperous for everyone and that the coming vintage will bring a good harvest in all the wine regions.

The beginning of the year began at Domaine Jessiaume with our first bottling of the 2016 vintage. The Bourgogne Chardonnay and Pinot Noir as well as some village and 1er cru’s were bottled. The rest of the appellations will be bottled at the end of March-beginning of April. This year, the volume of wine is rather low but the quality is great. The frosts at the end of April 2016 killed the buds that were just coming out.  Drastically reducing yields in certain parcels.

The estate is preparing to have about 10,000 bottles less than usual and some appellations will not be produced. This is particularly the case on our parcels in Auxey-Duresses, 95% frozen.

Once the bottling was done, we were able to return in the vines for pruning. This year, the weather conditions are not ideal. Winter is for the moment rather warm and especially rainy. In the past two months the rainfalls have doubled compared to a normal season. Working in the rain is delicate and our electric clippers do not really appreciate the water.

Never mind, we must still move forward and pruning can be done with manual clippers if needed.

The month of January also marks the celebration of Saint Vincent by the winemakers. In Santenay, a celebration of Saint Vincent is performed on Saturday, January 20th. The statue of Saint Vincent will be kept by Domaine Lequin-Colin this year. After the wine reception offered by the Domaine in charge of Saint Vincent for the coming year, a meal is organized at the Château Philippe le Hardi. The Santenay wine makers then shared their bottles with the guests.

The program to come for the following months promises to be loaded with additional planting, pruning to finish, some work in our future parcel, the Grands Jours de Bourgogne, etc ...

Come visit us again for the article coming out next month.

Le Domaine Jessiaume