Bruno Clavelier was one of the first in Vosne to adopt biodynamic methods. His wines are understated and elegant, and they reflect their terroirs perfectly. He took over the estate in 1987 and has enlarged it with holdings in Gevrey, Nuits and Corton. He believes he was very lucky that his grandfather used no commercial fertilisers on his vineyards, as the potassium residue, which takes generations to break down, lowers the acidity in the grapes. As a result, his wines have levels of freshness that his neighbours find harder to achieve.
After the frost of 2019, which greatly reduced yields, Bruno’s problems in 2020 were the heat and lack of water. A hot wind during the heatwave in early August evaporated juice from the grapes, so that by the beginning of the harvest on 22nd August, little was left. The wines are correspondingly dense, but have lively acidity, freshened by an enthusiastic use of whole bunches. By the standards of the vintage, they are modest in alcohol, which he ascribes to biodynamic practices and old, later-ripening vines. The question ‘How are the wines so fresh?’ was given the biodynamic answer: ‘Vines are adaptable, they remember hot years and can find a solution.’
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