Burgundy Retrospective - Vintage 2018 Mixed 3-pack

In this 3-pack, you’ll find one bottle each of the following:
Domaine Henri Magnien 1er Cru La Coutière, Aloxe-Corton 2018
Domaine Michele & Patrice Rion Clos Des Argillieres, 1er Cru , Nuits-St-Georges 2018
Domaine Nicolas Rossignol Les Vignots, Pommard 2018

Vintage 2018 is remembered for being “hot, sometimes very hot, and indeed the overall growing season temperature charts suggest that 2018 is one of the three hottest years since the Second World War” writes Jasper Morris MW. With the heat, early seasonal rainfall and no frosts, yields were higher and output greater. “The reds are controversial, with some potential superstars capable of a very long life, and others which may be tainted by difficulties in vinification.”

When tasting the wines of 2018, Morris claimed that “Perhaps counter-intuitively, the generous harvest seems to have impacted the red wines less, despite pinot noir’s notorious sensitivity to high yields. There is excellent colour to the wines which are full of fruit, sometimes flamboyantly so. There is the potential for greatness in 2018 red Burgundy but it is by no means a uniform vintage.” Here, we see wines that are rich, structured and focused, which will appeal to New World pinot noir drinkers immensely!