BURGUNDY EN PRIMEUR 2022 BROCHURE
Welcome to the Goedhuis & Co Burgundy 2022 En Primeur Brochure. Packed with tasting notes from Goedhuis Buying Director David Roberts MW, producer information and on-the-ground reports on the vintage and developments in Burgundy.
What A Difference A Year Makes
2022 in Burgundy has produced wonderfully elegant reds and whites, with a quality that shines through at all classification levels. Excitingly, after the stresses of the 2021 harvest, we have seen a healthy crop and sensible volumes.
The 2022 red Burgundies exude noticeable charm and appeal; polished is a recurring theme in my tasting notes. The fruit characters are quintessentially Pinot, with seductive aromatics, and silkier tannins than we have seen in the past few vintages. The ripe fruit profile reveals the warmth of the year, but maintain restrained alcohol between 13% and 13.5%. While acidity isn’t high, the wines impress with rewarding, mouth-watering freshness, giving both lift and energy. They embody the modern ethos of Burgundy’s winemakers: respecting traditional values to secure ageing potential whilst ensuring additional appeal for lovely early drinking.
The 2022 white Burgundies command immense respect, delivering everything we could wish for. Abundant fruit showcases a careful expression of the warmer nature of the year. The acidity levels, though lower than in 2021, maintain a lively poised freshness. These characteristics are held together harmoniously by carefully balanced alcohol levels, hovering around 13%.
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what the critics think
"I cannot remember a Burgundy vintage that elicited so much joy from barrel, and I’ve undertaken this exercise for over 20 years... the 2022s are blessed with the balance and substance to mature exquisitely in bottle... I advise readers to fill their boots" Neal Martin, Vinous
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a fine and consistent Burgundy vintage on our hands! Very good wines and plenty of them... 2022 is an amazingly consistent vintage... All other things being equal, I would recommend going large in 2022, large in the sense of a broad range because there are so many really good wines at all levels." Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
"After a week spent in Chablis tasting 375 wines, it is clear that 2022 is a very good year – and potentially an excellent one... The resulting wines are very well balanced with a lovely combination of the freshness and minerality which typifies Chablis, combined with fleshy, ripe, stone- and tree-fruit flavours." Andy Howard MW, Decanter
THE VINTAGE IN A NUTSHELL
HEALTHY YIELDS
2021 in Burgundy witnessed one of the smallest harvests in a century. Many appellations revealed growers losing up to 85% of their crop due to devastating spring frosts. 2022 marks a welcome return to the new normal. While not a bumper crop, yields at the 10-year average of 40-45 hl/ha provide a welcome relief. Cellars can be replenished with a quality level that meets our sky-high expectations.
PRICE STABILITY
2022 is noteworthy as the first vintage in years where we have seen price stability for most wines. With the benefit of a healthy harvest at desired volume levels, growers have adopted a responsible pricing view. In general, prices remain consistent with 2021, and, where increases occur, they are marginal, varying from cuvée to cuvée and domaine to domaine.
2022 IN THE VINEYARD
- Some very cold nights below zero in January and February were followed by a milder, drier winter than average.
- Four nights of frost between 3rd and 11th April sent shivers down growers' spines. Thankfully the vines were at the early bud break stage and, barring a few exceptions, were not impacted.
- Mid-April saw spring-like conditions and the rapid onset of the leaf canopy.
- Perfect warm dry conditions marked the start of flowering on 20th May, two weeks ahead of a normal year, indicating an early and good harvest.
- A hot and dry summer saw crucial rainfall between 21st and 25th June. This provided essential additional water reserves, protecting the vines from the risk of hydric stress and any potential interruption in their vegetative development.
- Despite being the second hottest year since 1947, significantly, 2022s cold nights preserved grape acidity and vitality.
- An early and rapid harvest, subject to domaine and location, took place between 25th August and 15th September in ideal conditions.
- Yields, as described by Geraldine Godot of Domaine de L’Arlot, saw "unhoped for volumes" at a 10-year average of around 40-45 hl/hectare.
- Uniform quality at all levels, displaying fine terroir identity and accurately representing the vineyard classification system.
- A vintage suitable for early drinking, with the substance and stature for ageing, with both red and white wines excelling.
