Description

Vintage quality: Excellent

Current condition: Ready to drink

The 1989 vintage for Burgundy was very good.

A mild winter gave way to a mild spring and an unusually cold April and May, the latter getting frost and a bad hailstorm. June was also cool with hot, dry weather only really arriving in July. Barring some not unwelcome rain in August, the warm weather continued through to September. The harvest was ripe, rich and generous for both reds and whites, although the grapes tended to be slightly higher in alcohol than normal with lower acidity and softer tannins.

The top-performing appellations of the vintage for reds included Pommard, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Vosne-Romanée, Savigny-lès-Beaune and Pernand-Vergelesses. For whites, Meursault and Puligny were also very good. However, there will be many great wines from appellations not mentioned here.