"Allen Meadows, Burghoud.com 88-91 Points
Here too the nose is so firmly reduced that it is presently unreadable. Otherwise there is a really lovely sense of tension and detail to the almost pungently mineral-infused medium weight flavors that deliver excellent length for a villages level wine on the linear and notably dry finish. This will definitely need a few years for the body to flesh out and for a bit more overall depth to develop. 2020+ reviewed June 2015"
Jean-Marc Roulot described the 2013 vintage as "one that was difficult but I wouldn't necessarily call it worse than the 2012 campaign. The vines suffered through a poor flowering due to the high level of shatter which means we were off about 40% in terms of yields versus fully 60% in 2012. The harvest was definitely on the late side and we ultimately began picking on the 26th of September and continued through to the 4th of October. We were extremely lucky to have finished on the 4th as there was pounding rain on the 5th and 6th and not surprisingly, the quality of the unpicked fruit plummeted rapidly. Once we had the fruit pressed there really wasn't anything special about the fermentations as we used our normal approach. The malos were relatively early, in fact surprisingly so given the firm level of malic acidity. Post-malo pHs ranged between 3.1 and 3.15 which means that there's plenty of vibrancy to the wines. Speaking of which, I love the style of the 2013s as they're super fresh and vibrant plus the transparency to the underlying terroir. Despite the moderately low pHs the wines should be approachable young while retaining good development potential." .
