Vintages

Discover the different vintages

2019

Anne’s Comments The 2019 vintage was characterized by a beautiful sunshine that gave to the red wines pretty deep colours and black fruit aromatic profiles. The tannins are both structuredRead more

2018

Anne’s Comments My son Paul after an experiment in our Minervois estate came back in Burgundy to help us. 2018 vintage confirms a unique feeling of satisfaction ! Very wateredRead more

2017

Anne’s Comments 2017 vintage confirms the 7 series (1997, 2007) presenting itself with charm and smoothness. A hot and dry summer gave us a correct quantity of grapes except inRead more

2016

Anne’s Comments 2016 is a very small crop because of the severe spring frost which impacted Burgundy a lot. Despite this catastroph, the rest of the year happened well andRead more

2015

Anne’s Comments My daughter Julie joined the estate this year, so we continue the adventure together ! 2015 is still a vintage with low production but of high quality andRead more

2014

Anne’s Comments 2014 is a classical vintage which expresses very well the nuances and differences of terroirs. The sunny weather of beginning of September helped to ripe and refine theRead more

2013

Anne’s Comments 2013 was a vintage of very low production, the latest and maybe the most complicate we never made. We started to pick October 7 to finish October 18Read more

2012

Anne’s Comments 2012 is a vintage with low yields because of coulure and millerandage which particularly affected the old vines. Red wines are exceptionnal and full-bodied, and long-life structured. WeRead more

2011

Anne’s Comments 2011 vintage, a great surprise ! After a spring liking a summer, a fast growth, in July and August we suffered from rains. There were a lot ofRead more

2010

Anne’s Comments A great vintage by turn of events ! After a rather late bud breaking due to a cold and long winter, sun alterned with clouds until flowering. TheRead more

2009

Anne’s Comments Are the 9 vintages all beautiful ? After a serie of difficult vintages we were finally rewarded for our work. A beautiful sunny summer gave us an earlyRead more

2008

Anne’s Comments Again a difficult year for grapes in Burgundy ! After a long, cold and humid winter, spring and summer were also gloomy with many rains and sunshine deficit.Read more

2007

Anne’s Comments 2007, my twentieth vinification ! A new appellation is arrived : Echezeaux ! My guest house is opened with oenotouristic visits organized by Elodie my assistant. We haveRead more

2006

Anne’s Comments Born of a contrasted climat, this vintage is very balanced and harmonious. After a cold, long and snowy winter, we lived a particularly hot beginning of summer. ThatRead more

2005

Anne’s Comments The winter was rather cold and dry until mid-March resulting in a late bud break around April 25. Then we benefited an exceptionally hot month of May givingRead more

2004

Anne’s Comments Spring happened well, foreshadowing a classical vintage. Blooming occured around June 20, the cool and rainy summer made the grapes swell. It was easy to thin out theRead more

2003

Anne’s Comments Flowering happened quickly and regularly around June 8 scheduling picking around September 6. Early vintage, a good omen. Then the strong heat and the increasingly worrying drought sharplyRead more

2002

Anne’s Comments The vintage 2002 started well, pruning finished on time, Spring rains didn’t interfere with ploughing. The bud break was quite early and we were a little afraid ofRead more

2001

Anne’s Comments After a mild and gloomy winter, beginning of spring was very rainy. It rained 3 times more than usual, the soggy soils remained in our memories as aRead more

2000

Anne’s Comments After a late bud break in mid-April, vegetation exploded in growth in May tu June that condensed all the green works (debudding, tying up, thinning, treatments, trimming…) onRead more

1999

Anne’s Comments We are still pursuing our efforts to an organic culture of our vineyards but under the pressure of rainfalls and high temperatures we deemed that using synthetic fungalRead more

1998

Anne’s Comments We have successfully pursued our work in organic farming. The harvest started the 21st of September with a beautiful weather along all the picking. We were very selectiveRead more

1997

Anne’s Comments 1997 was one of the earliest vintage of the last 60 years. We never obtained so much level of sugar rate on all our parcels. We chose toRead more

1996

Anne’s Comments The 1996 vintage surprised us in many ways : normal budding, early, rapid and regular flowering around June 10 auguring an uniform ripeness and good yields. A beautifulRead more

1995

Anne’s Comments We are happy to announce you our estate became Domaine Anne Gros. The 1995 vintage started with a great winter softness until middle of March. Then April, MayRead more