{"id":84541,"date":"2022-05-12T14:29:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T13:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/?page_id=84541"},"modified":"2024-05-01T16:35:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T15:35:08","slug":"bordeaux-en-primeur-the-growing-season","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/bordeaux-en-primeur-the-growing-season\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Bordeaux En Primeur &#8211; The Growing Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Commentary on the latest vintage from Bordeaux isn\u2019t complete without some mention of the growing season:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">The growing season started well with good water reserves following a wet winter, and flowering, fruit set, and pollination all proceeding smoothly.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">A hot and humid summer meant the considerable threat of mildew never really went away, affecting up to 90% of Bordeaux\u2019s chateaux. However, following several years of mildew pressure, many properties are now better prepared to deal with the threat than ever before, and arguably, reduced yields and tighter selection has in some wines increased quality.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">August\u2019s heatwave conditions with temperatures above 40\u2019c brought ideal conditions for ripening, especially in later ripening Cabernets. This late spell of heat is responsible for the brilliant precision and balanced structures and acidity we see in the wines.Despite being one of the hottest years on record, with June, August and September all exceeding 20-year temperature averages \u2013 because of cloud cover, ripening was slow.The vintage is marked by relatively low overall production, with 384 million litres produced, a 20% decrease from the previous decade\u2019s average. However, the yields for prestigious appellations like St-Julien, St-Est\u00e8phe, Pauillac, and Margaux were generous, especially compared to 2022.As is always the case,\u00a0<u>Chateau Bauduc\u2019s Gavin Quinney<\/u>\u00a0provides the most comprehensive insights on the year that was, and we are pleased to point you to his weather report here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gavinquinney.com\/2024\/04\/11\/bordeaux-2023-weather-and-crop-report\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">https:\/\/gavinquinney.com\/2024\/04\/11\/bordeaux-2023-weather-and-crop-report\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button button--secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/bordeaux-en-primeur-latest-releases\/\">VIEW THE LATEST RELEASES<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107236 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-140x105.jpg 140w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-280x210.jpg 280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107236 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-140x105.jpg 140w, https:\/\/www.davywine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0164-280x210.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary on the latest vintage from Bordeaux isn\u2019t complete without some mention of the growing season: The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2047,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2023 Bordeaux En Primeur - The Growing Season<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Davy&#039;s offers a concise picture of the grape growing season, looking at the key points. 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