![]() Since June, we have been applying the brakes so that we can manage volumes until the end of 2022, or even the beginning of 2023”, says Moreau.Īs an inevitable consequence of the pressure on volumes, initial prices soared in Chablis – the first transactions doubled in price overall, though admittedly bulk volumes are low. ![]() “ Conversely, we are experiencing an historically low harvest. The board registered an increase of 20% in volume shipments of Burgundy white wines over the first 8 months of the year compared to January-August 2019 (before the Covid pandemic). Since the beginning of the year, overall sales of Burgundy in general and Chablis in particular have picked up, in France and non-EU export markets (Canada and the United States)”, comments Louis Moreau, vice-chairman of the Chablis committee at the Burgundy wine marketing board (BIVB). Rationing is an attempt to overcome the insoluble equation between strong demand and limited supply. This year, we only have a year’s worth”, stresses Michaut, highlighting the series of unprecedented adverse weather events this year, with widespread frost, localised hail, powdery mildew pressure and the pace of harvesting quickened due to rain. In 2016, production was low, but there were inventories. “ Yields are some of the worst we have ever seen. With yields this year at an all-time low, currently estimated at 25 hectolitres per hectare, available volumes of Chablis seemingly range from 150 to 170,000 hl for the 2021 vintage, compared with a normal production potential of between 320 and 340,000 hl. O manage the dearth of wines in 2021, “ we're talking about allocations in Chablis, just like for the Côte!” exclaims Adrien Michaut, chairman of the Chablis producers’ organisation.
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