Jacques Prieur: Musigny Grand Cru 2012

2012 the year of the virtuoso winemaker!

The climatic conditions of 2012 reminded us that nature is stronger than anything else and so much the better...! The vine, throughout the vegetative cycle and until the final ripening of the grapes, encountered all that the natural elements can do to it: winter and spring frosts, difficult flowering (coulure and millerandage), heat and localised hailstorms, a wide range of temperatures in the spring and summer, as well as strong pressures of mildew and oidium! All these phenomena resulted in a very significant drop in production, but nature often restores things very well, and the scarcity allowed the grapes to ripen very well and to remain in a very good sanitary state. The first tastings show harmonious and tasty wines with a fresh and precise fruitiness and a beautiful density in the mouth.