Wine 2007

Our view on the 2007 vintage

If the warm spring followed by a cold and rainy summer augured a delicate year for the whole French vineyard, the sunny month of September has been a bless allowing grapes to ripen successfully, making the 2007 vintage a pretty good year, especially for whites.

Indeed, although the quality of the 2007 wines (rather delicate, acidic and low in alcohol) is very good, there is a slight difference between the red wines and the white wines. This is particularly obvious looking at the wine tasting notes of the 2007 vintage. This is true in the vineyards of the northern half of France, such as those producing the Loire wines, the wines of Alsace and the  Burgundy wines, but also the later varieties such as Chenin Blanc. This trend is well-confirmed when we look at the 2007 vintage on Bordeaux wines: whites and sweet wines are very successful, whilst Bordeaux reds are less impressive (however, it should be said that globally the Grands Crus of Saint Emilion and the Pomerol Grands Crus remains very pretty wines thanks to their terroirs). In short, it is in the Rhone Valley vineyard that we find the greatest wines of 2007, notably in the Chateauneuf du Pape designation which delivers generous wines, supported by a good acidity.